NEW DELHI- The year saw Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir consolidating unprecedented authority over the civilian government without staging a physical armed coup like earlier instances, yet reshaping ...

Since its creation in 1947, Pakistan has rarely escaped the grip of its powerful army. Even when not ruling outright, generals have wielded authority from the shadows, making and breaking governments, ...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s military pushed back Friday after imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan called the country’s army chief “mentally unstable.” The army labeled Khan “mentally ill” and ...

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The most powerful man in Pakistan is having a stellar year. Pakistan army chief Asim Munir put up a strong show in a short conflict with India earlier this year—becoming only the second army officer ...

Pakistani Field Marshal Gen Asim Munir. Credit: Wikimedia/Inter Services Public Relations Pakistan Pakistan’s government has undertaken a significant initiative to restructure the highest echelons of ...

Pakistan’s parliament approved a constitutional amendment on Wednesday to expand the powers of the army chief and curb the remit of its Supreme Court, a move that critics said had done irreparable ...

Pakistan has granted lifelong immunity to Field Marshal Asim Munir, in a move that would further entrench the military’s grip on power in the nuclear-armed nation. The upper house of parliament ...

A constitutional amendment in the nuclear-armed country extends the chief’s power over all the military and brings Pakistan’s highest court under tighter political control. By Elian Peltier Reporting ...

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — A swift response by security forces foiled an attempt by Pakistani Taliban militants to take cadets hostage at an army-run college overnight when a suicide car bomber ...

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani security forces foiled an attempt by militants to take cadets hostage at an army-run college overnight, when a suicide car bomber and five other Pakistani ...

An attack on a courthouse in Islamabad was the first major assault to hit Islamabad in more than a decade. By Elian Peltier and Zia ur-Rehman Reporting from Islamabad, Pakistan At least 12 people were ...