Skip to content
Skardu Times

View from the Top

Topic

ispr

Every story Skardu Times has filed on ispr, newest first.

Security

Pakistan committed to Saudi Arabia and holy mosques' defence, says DG ISPR

Radio Pakistan and GNN carried the remark under identical headlines but gave no venue, occasion or full text of the statement.

PoliticsKhyber Pakhtunkhwa

PM defends governor's rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

UrduPoint quoted the prime minister saying a delayed decision would have caused further damage, and that the government waited for approval of a draft agreed in negotiations.

Politics

Army spokesman sees cautious hope in Iran-US mediation

Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry says Field Marshal Asim Munir's two Tehran visits this month point to positive movement but warns powerful elements are obstructing peace.

SecurityKhyber Pakhtunkhwa

DG ISPR meets Peshawar students, answers security questions

Students from several universities greeted the military's media chief with a traditional Pashtun turban and chador before a session on regional challenges, Express News reported.

SecurityBalochistan

Fifteen militants killed in Balochistan and Dera Ismail Khan raids

ISPR says nine were killed in Kachhi and Wadh on 26 October and six in Zarkani two days earlier, where Naik Ghulam Murtaza and Sepoy Tazeer Ahmed were martyred

Security

Former army chief General Abdul Waheed Kakar dies in Rawalpindi

ISPR says Field Marshal Asim Munir and the army offered condolences, while President Zardari and Deputy PM Ishaq Dar also expressed grief.

Security

Former army chief Abdul Waheed Kakar dies in Rawalpindi at 89

Field Marshal Asim Munir, President Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condoled the death of the general who led the army from 1993 to 1996.

SecurityKhyber Pakhtunkhwa

Six militants killed in DI Khan raid, two soldiers martyred

ISPR says the October 24 intelligence-based operation in Zarkani also yielded weapons and ammunition, and a sanitisation sweep is still under way in the area.

SecurityBalochistan

Security forces kill 33 militants in Balochistan operation

Friday raids in Nushki and Kech killed 12 militants, and the president and prime minister both paid tribute to the security forces.

Security

Pakistan, Saudi, Turkey deepen military cooperation after Houthi attacks

Military chiefs met in Riyadh to turn the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement into immediate military action, while Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said Pakistan raised non-state actors with Iran.

Culture

ISPR releases special song for Saudi National Day

The military's media wing marked Saudi Arabia's National Day, observed on September 23, with a song.

SecurityBalochistan

PM praises Navy, Coast Guards after Balochistan smuggling bid foiled

Large cache of liquor and illegal medicines seized in joint operation with maritime coordination centre.

SecurityKhyber Pakhtunkhwa

Six soldiers killed in Hangu attack, eight attackers killed: ISPR

Two army officers were among the six soldiers killed in the clash in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Hangu district, the military's media wing said.

SecurityKhyber Pakhtunkhwa

Pakistan Army opens joint counter-terrorism drills with Russia, Oman

Two-week exercises Druzhba-IX and Washaq Al Jabal-II began Tuesday at Cherat and the National Counter Terrorism Centre in Pabbi, the military said.

SecurityKhyber Pakhtunkhwa

Army chief visits Peshawar Corps, vows to defeat terrorism

Field Marshal Asim Munir was briefed on security, counter-terrorism operations and border management during his visit, ISPR said.