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Pakistani cadet wins sword of honour at Royal Military Academy

Pakistan Army Corporal Cadet Asad Mushtaq was awarded the distinctive overseas Sword of Honour by Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
He was commissioned on August 9, 2013 and received the sword from the Countess of Essex on the day of parade.
Corporal Asad attributed his success to the training he received at Pakistan Military Academy (PMA), Kakul and the support of his parent. He dedicated his sword to all the martyrs and troops of the Pakistan Army fighting against terrorism. By doing so he has carried forward the baton of success and high standards displayed by Pakistani cadets at Sandhurst said a press release received from London.
The commissioning ceremony was attended by the Pakistan High Commissioner and Army and Air Adviser at Pakistan High Commission, London Colonel Muhammad Zulfiqar Bhatti. A reception was also held in honour of Cadet Asad Mushtaq.
Speaking at the occasion, Pakistan High Commissioner for UK Wajid Shamsul Hassan congratulated the cadet on his remarkable success and bringing a good name to Pakistan. He said that such a success was testimony to the high professional standards of Pakistan Army which has always done the army proud. He urged the cadet officer to keep up the high standards of professionalism set by Pakistan Army throughout his career.
Corporal Asad also expressed his resolve to serve the nation in line with the traditions of the Pakistan Army. The reception was attended by the officers of the High Commission and representatives of the media.

 

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Military College of Signals holds 22nd Undergraduate Convocation
* NUST rector stresses need for turning tertiary educational institutions into centres of excellence

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• January 26, 2014

RAWALPINDI: The 22nd Undergraduate Convocation ceremony of the Military College of Signals (MCS) was held on Saturday.
NUST Rector Engineer Muhammad Asghar was the chief guest on the occasion.
Speaking on the occasion, the chief guest stressed upon the urgent need to produce trained scientists and technologists.
He also emphasised that the challenge is to transform tertiary educational institutions into centres of excellence, with high standards of teaching and a culture of sustained learning, said an ISPR press release.
Earlier, MCS Commandant Brigadier Ali Farhan in his welcome address presented the college report, highlighting the progress in academic and research excellence the college has achieved over the last six decades.
A total of 195 students of telecom and software engineering programmes were conferred upon degrees of bachelor of engineering. President’s gold medals were awarded to NUST Cadet Muhammad Ahsen and NUST Cadet Ruba Aslam.
Chief of Army Staff’s gold medals were received by Capt Abdul Rehman Raza Khan and Gentleman Cadet Muhammadul Husnain Nawaz.
Rector’s gold medals were awarded to Capt Khalid Rabbani and Capt Abdul Rehman Raza Khan for their outstanding performances in their respective degree projects.
Chancellor’s silver medals were received by NUST Cadet Muhammad Ali and NUST Cadet Zainab Abbas. Major General Waqar Ahmed, faculty members, educationists and a large number of students were also present during the ceremony.
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Mohammed Anwar was one of the victims of the attacks
Pakistan Taliban attacks: A soldier's story
27 January 2014 Last updated at 10:47 GMT
Pakistan's parliament has been meeting to discuss a response to a string of militant attacks that have already killed over a hundred people since the new year.
There's huge debate in the country as to whether to talk to the Pakistani Taliban or fight them, but people are growing increasingly frustrated with their leaders for not making a decision.
Aleem Maqbool meets the family of one soldier who, like thousands of others, has perished in the ongoing conflict

 

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Lieutenant Aizaz Khattak representing Pakistan in Australian Defence Force Academy

 

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Inside Pakistan army's bomb school
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In this Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014, photo, Pakistani soldiers use remote controlled vehicle to approach possible explosive devices during a training session at the Counter IED Explosives and Munitions School, in Risalpur, Pakistan. Soldiers of the Pakistani security forces learn exactly these types of scenarios to deal with the improvised bombs that have become increasingly popular in wars like Iraq, Afghanistan and the insurgency that Pakistan's forces are fighting in the northwestern tribal areas.— Photo by AP

In this Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014, photo, A Pakistani soldier helps his colleague to put on a bomb suit for a training session at the Counter IED Explosives and Munitions School, in Risalpur, Pakistan.— Photo by AP

In this Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014, photo, Pakistani soldiers search a model house during a training session at the Counter IED Explosives and Munitions School in Risalpur, Pakistan. — Photo by AP

In this Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014 photo, Pakistani soldiers attend a training session at Counter IED Explosives and Munitions School, in Risalpur, Pakistan. — Photo by AP
Updated 2014-01-31 13:54:38

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RISALPUR: Militants in Pakistan have found clever ways to hide homemade bombs.

They've been strapped to children's bicycles, hidden inside water jugs and even hung in tree branches.
But the most shocking place that Brig Basim Saeed has heard of such a device being planted was inside a hollowed-out book made to look like a copy of the holy Quran.

A soldier who went to pick up the book from the floor was killed when it exploded.

''Normally if that book is lying somewhere on the floor, you tend to pick it up immediately just for respect,'' said Saeed, the chief instructor at a school training Pakistani forces how to detect the so-called improvised explosive devices, which have become increasingly popular in wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and the insurgency in Pakistan's northwest, near the Afghan border.

Saeed and other instructors at the military's Counter IED, Explosives and Munitions School say it is important to constantly come up with new ways to prevent such homemade bombs because that's exactly what the militants are doing.

''Terrorists are also very brainy,'' Saeed said. ''They are using different techniques to defeat our efforts also. So we need to be very proactive.''

The Pakistani military has sharply ramped up efforts to deal with such devices in recent years as they have emerged as the militants' preferred weapon.

So far, 4,042 soldiers from the army and Frontier Corps have been killed and more than 13,000 wounded in the war on militants in the country's northwest since 2002, according to the Pakistani military.

The homemade bombs account for most of the casualties.

The US military, which in the past has said Pakistan hasn't done enough to restrict the use of certain fertilizers used in bombs in Pakistan and targeting foreign and government troops in Afghanistan, welcomed the bomb squad school, which formally opened in 2012 on a military base in the northwestern city of Risalpur.

''We're very encouraged by the efforts that we understand the Pakistanis are taking there,'' said the head of the Pentagon's Joint IED Defeat Organisation, Lt Gen. John D Johnson.

The Pakistani military also has moved to restrict the availability of calcium ammonium nitrate-based fertilisers frequently used in Afghanistan, and to develop a fertiliser dubbed CAN+ that would work on Pakistan's soil but not detonate.

And it signed an agreement with the US last year designed to help the two countries work together to fight the roadside bombs by sharing information in areas such as militant tactics and funding.

US experts are to travel to Pakistan to supply it with hard-won knowledge earned in Iraq and Afghanistan. Separately, the British military has provided instruction.

The school's goal is to teach security forces where bombs can be hidden, how to look for them and their components and how to gather intelligence from them such as fingerprints so that authorities can track down militants.

''The success lies in identifying the network and busting them,'' said Lt Col Mohammed Anees Khan, an instructor. ''We need to go after those people who are making and planting those IEDs.''

The Associated Press was the first foreign media outlet to be allowed access to the facility, according to the Pakistani military.

During a recent visit, students were practicing using equipment to search for devices planted in the ground or using remote-controlled vehicles to approach possible explosive devices.

Others cleared a path to a suspected militant house and marked the path with yellow flags so that troops coming behind them would know where to walk.

The school is designed to mimic scenarios the security forces might find in real life in classes that last from three to eight weeks.

It includes a mock urban environment with a market, a gas station and other buildings, and explosive devices are even hidden in a pond and a graveyard.

Troops practicing a search of a residential compound may accidentally open a cupboard, setting off a loud buzzing that signals an explosion.

An escape tunnel leading from one of the houses is rigged with trip wires.

''We face it whenever we travel or if there is a compound, a path or some other place, it is always in our mind that there could be some IED,'' said one soldier at the school, Noor ul Ameen, who has served in the northwest and the insurgency-plagued Balochistan province.

Most of the students have been from the military, but officials are trying to include police and other security agencies because they are often the first on the scene when a bomb goes off or an unexploded device has been found.

Pakistan's police often lack the training and the equipment to deal with such explosives. Even the more equipped army doesn't usually have armored vehicles to move troops.

 

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29 Brigadiers promoted as Major Generals
RAWALPINDI, Feb 11 (APP): Pakistan Army on Tuesday announced promotion of 29 Brigadiers to the rank of Major Generals.According to ISPR, the Brigadiers, who promoted to the slot of Major General included, Brig Hasnat, AC, Brig Azhar Saleh, AC, Brig Abdullah Dogar, AC, Brig. Abid Mumtaz, Arty, Brig. Qaiser, Arty, Brig Shahid Kiani, Arty, Brig Asif, Arty (ASFC), Brig. Aziz, Arty, Brig. Hamood, AD, Brig. Jamil, Engrs, Brig. Moazzam, Engrs, Brig Farhan, SIGS, Brig. Shahzad Naeem, Inf, Brig Majid, Inf, Brig. Amir Abbasi, Inf, Brig. Zafar ul Haq, Inf, Brig. Azhar Naveed, Inf, Brig. Zafarullah, Inf, Brig Asim Munir, Inf, Brig. Fida Inf, Brig. Ihsan, Inf, Brig. Khalil Dar, Avn, Brig. Tariq Qudus, CMI, Brig, Shahzad, Ord, Brig. Shahzad, EME, Khalid Najam, AMC, Iftikhar Pervez, AMC, and Saleem Jehangir, AMC.
It may be mentioned here the decision was made at the promotion board meeting held at the General Headquarters here.
The meeting was headed by Chief of Army Staff General (COAS) Raheel Sharif and attended by all corps commanders, principal staff officers and senior army officials.

P.S Brigadier Farhan is our college's commandant.Warm wishes for him

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routine promotions to fill places where officers may have retired or superceded.

 

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• According to a Monday article in Geo News, troops from Gujranwala and Sialkot formations, armor, infantry, artillery units and aviation components of the Pakistan Air Force conducted firing and battle exercises near Jhelum, Punjab province.[43]

 

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Pakistani troops requested by Riyadh

Author:Farhan Bokhari, Islamabad

Last posted:2014-02-19

Saudi Arabia's crown prince, Salman bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud, conveyed a request for Pakistan to despatch troops to the kingdom during an official visit to Islamabad in mid-February.

The request came as the two countries concluded wider agreements on economic and defence co-operation, according to senior Pakistani officials.

"We are not looking at one or two battalions; we are looking at more, with the main objective of training Saudi troops," a senior Pakistani official stated on 17 February. He added that the Pakistani troops in the first instance would "assist Saudi Arabia's forces on the border with Yemen", where the kingdom faces the threat of a growing Al-Qaeda-led insurgency in its southern neighbour.

Other Pakistani officials, however, said that Pakistan had told the Saudis that Islamabad would not deploy its troops near the Persian Gulf region, mainly to avoid antagonising Iran. "Historically, Pakistan has always avoided any confrontation with Iran, which is a very important neighbour. While we want our relations with Saudi Arabia to flourish, Pakistan will never take steps that may provoke new tensions with Iran," said a second senior Pakistani official, from the western city of Quetta: the capital of Baluchistan province, which borders Iran.

it has previously been reported that Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have also discussed plans for Islamabad to sell an unspecified number of its Al-Khalid main battle tanks and Sino-Pakistani-produced JF-17 'Thunder' fighters to Riyadh.

Prince Salman also secured Pakistan's support on 17 February to push for a 'transitional governing body' in Syria to replace Syrian President Bashar-al-Assad's embattled regime. However, a Western diplomat based in Islamabad told IHS Jane's that Islamabad's support for such a plan "could be seen by the Iranians as a provocative act".

ANALYSIS

Pakistan's deepening co-operation with Saudi Arabia may help Islamabad tackle its considerable economic challenges, which are unlikely to be resolved in the near future, especially as a Taliban insurgency gathers momentum. In the long run, however, the developing relationship with Riyadh risks further alienating Pakistan's sizeable Shia muslim minority population, which looks towards Iran for moral support and philosophical guidance. Additionally, a closer Saudi-Pakistani relationship could deepen the impact in Pakistan of Wahhabism - an ultra conservative interpretation of Sunni islam practised in Saudi Arabia. The Taliban are also followers of the Wahhabist tradition.
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Pakistan protests killing of soldiers on Afghan soil

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said Thursday that 23 of its FC soldiers who were killed by terrorists had been executed on Afghan soil, and delivered a formal protest to the Kabul government. The Foreign Ministry said Sartaj Aziz, prime minister’s adviser on National Security and Foreign Affairs, delivered the protest to Afghan Foreign Minister Zarar Maqbool Osmani in the Maldives capital Male, where both were attending a meeting of the SAARC regional grouping. It said Aziz reminded the Afghan minister of an agreement at an Ankara summit last week - that each side would prevent the use of its territory against the other, and would ‘take action against militants engaged in hostile action’. Aziz urged the Afghan government “to take prompt action to apprehend and punish the perpetrators of this heinous and inhumane crime”, the statement said

Pakistan protests killing of soldiers on Afghan soil

 

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Pakistani troops requested by Riyadh

Author:Farhan Bokhari, Islamabad

Last posted:2014-02-19

Saudi Arabia's crown prince, Salman bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud, conveyed a request for Pakistan to despatch troops to the kingdom during an official visit to Islamabad in mid-February.

The request came as the two countries concluded wider agreements on economic and defence co-operation, according to senior Pakistani officials.

"We are not looking at one or two battalions; we are looking at more, with the main objective of training Saudi troops," a senior Pakistani official stated on 17 February. He added that the Pakistani troops in the first instance would "assist Saudi Arabia's forces on the border with Yemen", where the kingdom faces the threat of a growing Al-Qaeda-led insurgency in its southern neighbour.

Other Pakistani officials, however, said that Pakistan had told the Saudis that Islamabad would not deploy its troops near the Persian Gulf region, mainly to avoid antagonising Iran. "Historically, Pakistan has always avoided any confrontation with Iran, which is a very important neighbour. While we want our relations with Saudi Arabia to flourish, Pakistan will never take steps that may provoke new tensions with Iran," said a second senior Pakistani official, from the western city of Quetta: the capital of Baluchistan province, which borders Iran.

it has previously been reported that Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have also discussed plans for Islamabad to sell an unspecified number of its Al-Khalid main battle tanks and Sino-Pakistani-produced JF-17 'Thunder' fighters to Riyadh.

Prince Salman also secured Pakistan's support on 17 February to push for a 'transitional governing body' in Syria to replace Syrian President Bashar-al-Assad's embattled regime. However, a Western diplomat based in Islamabad told IHS Jane's that Islamabad's support for such a plan "could be seen by the Iranians as a provocative act".

ANALYSIS

Pakistan's deepening co-operation with Saudi Arabia may help Islamabad tackle its considerable economic challenges, which are unlikely to be resolved in the near future, especially as a Taliban insurgency gathers momentum. In the long run, however, the developing relationship with Riyadh risks further alienating Pakistan's sizeable Shia muslim minority population, which looks towards Iran for moral support and philosophical guidance. Additionally, a closer Saudi-Pakistani relationship could deepen the impact in Pakistan of Wahhabism - an ultra conservative interpretation of Sunni islam practised in Saudi Arabia. The Taliban are also followers of the Wahhabist tradition.
JDW

But KSA, UAE, Jordan, Oman and Yemen needs to increase their military power in terms of MEN and Equipment fast.

Also better for KSA to design up a plan with assistance of Pakistan to have an Army of 700,000 young men from KSA within the next 5 years time. Also for UAE, Jordan and Oman they should have put a plan for 300,000 young men from their own soil in Army.