Field Marshal Asim Munir: What it means for Pakistan (IANS Analysis)

IANS | June 3, 2025 8:24 PM

New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) In a development that has sparked concern across Pakistan’s social landscape, the federal government under Shahbaz Sharif has recently bestowed the rank of Field Marshal - the nation’s highest military title - upon General Asim Munir, the Chief of Army Staff.

Maldives to receive Guardian-class patrol boat from Australia

IANS | June 2, 2025 6:27 PM

Male, June 2 (IANS) Australia will gift an Australian-built Guardian-class Patrol Boat to Maldives, country's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Richard Marles and Maldives Minister of Defence, Mohamed Ghassan Maumoon, announced in Male on Monday.

'Operation Sindoor': Precision strikes on terrorists' facilities, Chinese Defence weaponry

Gp Capt (Dr) D.K. Pandey (Retd) | June 2, 2025 3:58 PM

‘Operation Sindoor’, launched by the Indian armed forces on May 7 signified a substantial military reaction to a terrorist assault at Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir on April 22, 2025, resulting in 26 fatalities. Nine distinct terrorist facilities in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) were targeted, concentrating on the eradication of terrorist infrastructure associated with organisations like Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed. No civilian as well as military locations were targeted by India. The battle not only demonstrated India's strategic capabilities but also revealed significant vulnerabilities in Pakistan's Defence systems, particularly its dependence on Chinese-supplied military equipment.