Airbus Defence and Space imagery captured on 28 September 2015 and on 18 April 2016 shows new construction at Pakistan's Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) site in Kahuta that is consistent with that of a uranium enrichment facility.
The area is approximately 1.2 ha in size and is located within...
China will provide eight submarines to the Pakistan Navy by 2028, said Chief Project Director of Submarines while briefing the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Defence during the committee’s visit to the Naval Headquarters here on Friday.
Four of the subs would be constructed in China...
The six-party electoral alliance has failed to snatch the top municipal slot of District West from the jaws of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) because of betrayal by one of the component political parties – the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
In the 67-member District Municipal Corporation...
The United States' clandestine National Security Agency (NSA) allegedly spied on top civil-military leadership in Pakistan using malware, The Intercept reported.
Malware SECONDDATE allegedly built by the NSA was used by agency hackers to breach "targets in Pakistan’s National Telecommunications...
An agreement was signed between Punjab government and Chinese company Huawei regarding Punjab Safe Cities Project here on Friday. Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif was the chief guest at the signing ceremony. Chief Operating Officer Punjab Safe Cities Authority Akbar Nasir Khan and Chief...
The Senate, today, has finally adopted the controversial Cyber Crime Bill.
Last week news arose that the Senate standing committee on Information Technology and Telecommunication would approve the bill on Monday after which it would be up to the Senate to give the final nod of approval. Now the...
Turkey is in the final stages of signing a procurement deal for the Super Mushshak basic trainer, built by the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC). Source: PAC
Pakistan is in the final stages of securing a deal to export its MFI-17 Super Mushshak military training aircraft to Turkey, the...
The Senate Standing Committee on Interior was informed by the IG Islamabad Police, Tariq Masood Yasin, on Thursday that 13 terrorists were arrested last month who were planning to target four installations, including five-star hotels.
The IG told the committee, which met under the chairmanship...
IDEAS 2016
IDEAS, a biennially held defence exhibition, will once again bring together all the industry's players across the globe to showcase the latest technological innovations.
The IDEAS-2016 team will welcome you at Karachi Expo Centre for the 9th International Defence Exhibition and...
Pakistan Peoples Party’s Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari has castigated the provincial government of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa for allocating public money for a privately-own Islamic seminary known for “its links with the Taliban and other militant groups”.
The provincial government, led by the Pakistan...
A Pakistani unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that crashed on 18th June near the city of Mianwali was on an "experimental flight", a Pakistani defence ministry official told IHS Jane's on 21 June.
No official comment has been made on either the type of UAV involved or the crash itself. However, the...
Hong Yong-il is the North Korean embassy’s new first secretary to India and has been in the country for just a month.
He lives on the first floor of a two-storey house in a tree-lined lane in Delhi’s busy Lajpat Nagar.
The apartment is huge but nondescript, sparsely furnished; a modest affair as...
Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has sent the complaint of Maryam Nawaz against Channel 24 programme ‘Khara Such’ to its Council of Complaints for further action.
According to a press release issued by Pemra here on Tuesday, Maryam Nawaz in her complaint had stated that...
The news that Raghuram Rajan, India’s central bank governor is stepping down made the front pages of most Indian newspapers Sunday and Monday.
Mr. Rajan said on Saturday that when his three-year term ends in September, he will return to academia at the University of Chicago.
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Despite its stock market being one-hundredth the size of mainland China’s, Pakistan has managed to qualify for the popular MSCI Emerging Markets Index while its larger Asian neighbor has been left out in the cold.
The Pakistan Stock Exchange’s benchmark KSE 100 index gained 2.8% Wednesday, then...
In the recently unveiled budget for the year 2016 – 2017, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has allocated a budget of Rs. 11 billion 520 million. This figure is 31% less than what was allocated last year.
In the year 2015 – 2016, most expenditure targets set in the budget were achieved, however...
Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif on Tuesday vowed to avenge the killing of Pakistan Army Major by Afghan armed forces.
“Martyrdom of Major Jawad Changezi will be avenged…his martyrdom will not go in vain,” he said while talking to Geo News.
The minister said enemies wanted to sabotage...