Pakistan’s interior minister, Mohsin Naqvi, has stirred tensions with India by echoing a controversial remark made by Army Chief Asim Munir, comparing India to a “shining Mercedes” and Pakistan to a “dump truck.”Naqvi on Sunday quoted Munir as telling the Saudi delegation, “India is like a shining Mercedes, but we are like a dumper truck, […]
NEW DELHI: Pakistan army chief general Asim Munir on Monday rejected claims that Islamabad relied on external support during the recent four-day conflict with India, calling assertions “factually incorrect” and “irresponsible.“His response came days after Indian Army deputy chief Lieutenant General Rahul R Singh alleged that China provided active support to Pakistan during the operation, […]
Imran Khan and Asim Munir (R) ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s political battlefield has narrowed to two poles: Field Marshal Asim Munir, the army chief whose influence spans parliament, the judiciary and diplomacy, and Imran Khan, the jailed former prime minister who, despite his incarceration in Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail, remains the most potent political force in the country, […]
US President Donald Trump has revealed the reason behind his meeting with Pakistan Army Chief General Asim Munir, saying, “I wanted to thank him for not going into the war and ending it.”“Reason I had him here was I wanted to thank him for not going into the war and ending it,” Trump told reporters […]
US President Donald Trump. NEW DELHI: Pakistan’s chief of army staff general Asim Munir bagged a lunch invite at the White House after he recommended US President Donald Trump for Nobel Peace prize. The brief meeting is set to take place at the White House, though specific details about timing were not provided in the […]
Scores of Pakistani expat supporters of incarcerated PTI chief Imran Khan, many driving and flying in from across the US, gathered in front of the Pakistan Embassy in Washington to protest the purported visit of the country’s army chief, Asim Munir, to the US – except he was nowhere to be seen. The White House […]
NEW DELHI: In what can only be described as a bizarre mashup of fantasy and farce, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif gifted a framed photograph to Army chief and newly-appointed field marshal Gen. Asim Munir to commemorate “Operation Bunyan-ul-Marsoos”. The only catch? The image is not from any Pakistani battlefield. It’s a 2019 Chinese rocket […]
Asim Munir’s grip on power may look firm, but it’s anything but secure. In a move steeped more in symbolism than substance, Pakistan’s powerful army chief General Asim Munir has been elevated to the rarefied rank of Field Marshal. The announcement, made on Tuesday by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s cabinet, marks the first such promotion […]
For Xi Jinping, the calculus has changed. Internally, he is engaged in a sweeping purge of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). It’s said to be “higher than the Himalayas and deeper than the seas.” They also claim to be “all-weather friends.” General Xiong Guangkai, former intelligence chief of the PLA, reportedly called Pakistan “China’s Israel” […]
