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Pakistan Army Gifts Six Horses to Sri Lanka Military Academy

May 16, 2013
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Six horses gifted to the Sri Lanka Military Academy (SLMA) at Diyatalawa by the Pakistan Army have been formally received on Monday at the Lake View Equestrian Centre in Hokandara. The horses donated by the Pakistan Army in response to a request by the Army Commander Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya will undergo quarantine procedures...

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Pakistan Army Maintain Dominance in National Taekwondo

May 16, 2013
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Pakistan Army continued their dominance on the second day in the 9th Korean Ambassador National Taekwondo Championship here at the Liaquat Gymnasium. Pool fights of 4 X Khyorugi male/female events in fin and fly weight categories were completed. DG PSB Syed Amir Hamza Gillani was the chief guest on the occasion and distributed medals...

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Funeral Prayer Held for Pakistani Peacekeeper Martyred in Congo

May 16, 2013
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Pakistan Army peacekeeper, Subedar Tanveer Hussain, who was killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo on May 7, was buried in his native village in Chakwal on Tuesday. Hussain was killed in a gunfight with a rebel group that ambushed the convoy of a UN peacekeeping mission, according to a press release from the Inter Services...

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Gen Kayani Stresses Team Work to Ensure Security on Polling Day

May 8, 2013
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Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Tuesday directed the army, civilian law enforcement forces and intelligence agencies to work as a team and implement an integrated security plan to ensure law and order during the May 11 general elections. Presiding over a meeting of top security officials at the 5...

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Pakistan Army would not go inside Polling Stations: ISPR

May 8, 2013
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As already informed by the Election Commission of Pakistan and the government that army troops will not be present inside polling stations, the army will be in the area as a quick reaction force and its deployment would be for ensuring a secured environment, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Maj Gen Asim Salim...

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Join Pakistan Navy as Officer: 2013 Recruitment

May 5, 2013
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Pakistan Navy is offering regular commission. Few of the basic requirements are as follows.This is the main scheme for enrollment of officers in Pakistan Navy. Under this scheme candidates are inducted twice a year as PN Cadet. This type of commission is offered in the following branches after the successful completion of 2 years...

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Safe Navy is Our Goal: Naval Chief Sandhila

May 3, 2013
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The naval operations must be bold, innovative, pragmatic and yet safe and efficient, said Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Mohammad Asif Sandila on the occasion of the Pakistan Navy’s Annual Safety Review on Thursday. Sandila was the chief guest at the Pakistan Navy’s Annual Safety Review for the year 2012 held at Bahria...

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Pakistan Army to Deploy 70,000 Troops for Election Security

May 3, 2013
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Pakistan Army has started deployment of 70,000 troops for election-related duties that include security and maintenance of peace and order, the military spokesman said Thursday. Major General Asim Saleem Bajwa told a press conference in Rawalpindi that the armed forces have been called upon to act in aid of the civil power under constitutional...

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General Kayani on List of 500 Powerful People

May 1, 2013
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Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani’s name appeared in the list of 500 most powerful people in the world published by the Foreign Policy (FP) Magazine’s May/June 2013 issue. The individuals included in the FP Power Map come from different professions and industries. The magazine claims to using a “list of lists” approach to...

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Elections To Be Held on May 11: General Kayani

May 1, 2013
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Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani said on Tuesday that general elections would be held in the country on May 11. We must not harbor any suspicions or misgivings about it, he said addressing the participants of the ‘Yaum-e-Shuhada’ (Martyrs Day) ceremony at GHQ here. He said this indeed was a...

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