Tag: military operation

  • Govt, opposition not on same page about new military operation, Azm-e-Istehkam

    Govt, opposition not on same page about new military operation, Azm-e-Istehkam

    During Sunday’s turbulent National Assembly (NA) session, the government and opposition were contentious over the matter of a new military operation, Azm-e-Istehkam, to eliminate terrorism from the country.

    Lawmakers from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) voiced concerns during the session that they were not taken into confidence about the new operation.

    After this, PTI walked out of the session and returned after an hour, leading to the PTI MNAs’ address. Opposition party leaders chanted slogans during the session, including “End the operation” and “We want peace.”

    Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government had announced a fresh military operation, named Azm-e-Istehkam, on Saturday to eradicate militants from the country.

    The Central Apex Committee on National Action Plan (NAP) consist of top authorities from all the provinces, approved the new anti-terrorism operation. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur was also part of the decision-making committee after increasing terrorist attacks in the country, especially in KP and Balochistan.

  • Israel resumes attacks in Gaza as truce ends

    Israel resumes attacks in Gaza as truce ends

    The additional one-day truce between Israel and Gaza has ended on Friday while the deadline to further extend the truce has passed in vain.

    Israeli Defense Forces wrote on X (formerly Twitter) that IDF has “resumed combat” against Hamas in Gaza because they “violated the operational pause, and in addition, fired toward Israeli territory.”

    As of yet, Al Jazeera has reported that according to witnesses in Gaza City and the north of the Gaza Strip, “heavy clashes are taking place between Palestinian fighting groups and Israeli troops,” while in the central Gaza Strip, Israeli tanks are also firing near Nuseirat and Bureij refugee camps. Additionally, air raids have also resumed.

  • ‘What a time I have come, so much excitement’: PM Khan’s first words as he lands in Moscow

    ‘What a time I have come, so much excitement’: PM Khan’s first words as he lands in Moscow

    Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan landed in Moscow for a two-day visit — from February 23-24 — to push for the construction of a long-delayed, multi-billion-dollar gas pipeline to be built in collaboration with Russian companies.

    Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Igor Morgulov welcomed the Prime Minister.

    While walking on the red carpet, PM Khan said, “What a time I have come, so much excitement.”

    “Let me tell you, we are so excited to come to Moscow,” said PM Khan.

    PM Khan will see Russian President Vladimir Putin in a one-on-one three-hour-long meeting today at 3pm Pakistan time, amid the Ukraine-Russia crisis.

    The meeting has been extended from one hour to three. Earlier the meeting was to be held for one hour.

    Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in Ukraine on Thursday with explosions heard soon after in the capital and other parts of the country.

    In an interview ahead of his trip, PM Imran Khan had expressed concern about the situation in Ukraine and the possibility of new sanctions and their effect on Islamabad’s budding cooperation with Moscow.