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Fifty-five years ago, Jacqueline Kennedy arrived in Lahore, marking the first-ever visit by a U.S. first lady to Pakistan. This series of color images from the trip captures the remarkable scenes that unfolded. (Photos courtesy of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston.)...

You'll Never Guess Who the World's Biggest Arms Importer Is (Hint: It's Not China) Knowing the answer will give you a clue about which defense companies to invest in. Rich Smith WHEN COUNTRIES ORDER WARSHIPS, THEY COME IN BOXES EVEN BIGGER THAN AMAZON'S. IMAGE SOURCE: GETTY IMAGES. In the...

Here's What Happens When You Compare Violence in the Quran to Violence in the Bible Tom McKay,Mic 3 hours ago To the well-informed this staggering statistic should come as no surprise: Fifty-eight percent of Americans have an unfavorable opinion of Islam. And with that comes a laundry list of...

By Saman Jafarey Crew of a PIA Super Constellation (AP-AJZ) led by Capt. Raja Zia with Thailand’s royal couple at Dacca Airport, East Pakistan, on March 21, 1962. PHOTO: AHMED SAEED SIDDIQI'S COLLECTION In wake of PIA’s possible privatisation, a lot of people have taken to social media to...

It was in the opening days of Operation Desert Storm on Jan. 19, 1991, when fighter jets were roaring through Iraqi airspace, and anti-aircraft crews were waiting for them with surface-to-air missiles (SAM). For Air Force Maj. ET Tullia, it was an unforgettable mission that saw him cheating...

GWADAR, Pakistan — A heavy police presence, guarded convoys, new checkpoints and troop reinforcements have turned parts of the southern port city of Gwadar into a fortress, as Pakistan's powerful military seeks to protect billions of dollars of Chinese investment. Securing the planned $46...

How a teenage girl from Lahore ended up in Syria BY MUHAMMAD SHAHZAD "I cannot sleep at night. I feel like my soul has been wrenched out of my body," says Kiran Abrar, the mother of a 14-year-old girl, Khansa, who has reportedly gone to Syria to join Daesh. "Her picture is etched in my mind. I...

Harry J. Kazianis Anyone who has been watching the United States try to pull off its much discussed “pivot” or “rebalance” to Asia knows one thing: The challenges of the day, from Russian moves in Eastern Europe and Syria to the threat of ISIS—or even just the steady stream of non-Asia-Pacific...

Usually missiles chase jets, but in this case it’s the other way around. An F-18 fighter jet chases a Tomahawk missile from its launch until it strikes a target ship in the ocean.

Today is the 90th birthday of Dr Abdus Salam. The best way to wish him is to let freedom of religion and intellectual thought prevail in the country. PHOTO: YOUTUBE SCREENSHOT By Nayyar Afaq What does it take to be a genius? The other day this thought struck me. Is it the environment that...

Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry The F-35 is an absolute disaster, and it needs to go. The scandals around it are legion. The supersonic stealth plane called the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter was supposed to be the greatest and best military plane the world has ever seen. While the United States' stealthy...

By Yusra Salim Published: January 26, 2016 ORMARA: Zakia Jamali always had her eyes set on a career in the Pakistan Air Force (PAF). But when her first career option shut its door on her, it didn’t kill her dream; she went on to serve her country by joining the Pakistan Navy (PN) as a...

US, UK rubbished India’s ‘evidence’ against Pakistan in Mumbai attacks, says Wikileaks ISLAMABAD: Following Pathankot attack, the Indian media and government authorities have been referring to Mumbai attack as Pakistan’s work despite the fact that the Wikileaks had shown both the US and the...

Pakistan Is Caught in the Middle of the Conflict Between Iran and Saudi Arabia Omar Waraich It has large Sunni and Shi‘ite populations and needs the cooperation of both Riyadh and Tehran After severing ties with Iran — following the torching of the Saudi embassy in Tehran by protesters...

Pakistan in talks with US to procure latest F-16 jets: Air chief MATEEN HAIDER ISLAMABAD: Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman on Monday said Pakistan is in negotiations with the United States to procure the latest F-16 fighter jets, but did not specify an exact number. “We are in...

Pakistan’s army is building an arsenal of ”tiny” nuclear weapons—and it’s going to backfire Pakistan has the fastest growing nuclear arsenal and, within the next five to ten years, it is likely to double that of India, and exceed those of France, the United Kingdom, and China. Only the...

Why Pakistan should recognize Israel "We can no longer blame the US, India and Israel for anything and everything that happens in our country". By NOMAN SAJJAD Sometimes it becomes inexorable and practical to change the paradigms, let the past stay in the past and forget about historical...

David Axe November 8, 2015 Lockheed Martin, which manufactures the iconic F-16 jet fighter, just completed a two-year test that simulated a staggering 92 years of normal flying for one of the single-engine planes. That’s a long time. And amazingly, the F-16 — a 1990s-vintage Block 50 version —...