Top Pak Gen seeks early retirement after appointment Army chief

Pakistan Army's Chief of General Staff Lieutenant General Azhar Abbas -- one of the six names apparently shortlisted for the post of the Chief of Army Staff -- has decided to seek early retirement,......

Sharif meets top Pak officials ahead of talks with Swaraj

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday chaired a high-level meeting of top security and civil officials ahead of holding talks with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on the sidelines......

Raheel Sharif to succeed Kayani as Pak's new army chief

Ending weeks of speculation, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday appointed Lt Gen Raheel Sharif (left) as Pakistan's new army chief and Lt Gen Rashid Mehmood as the chairman joint chiefs of......

Pak appoints former top spy Lt Gen Asim Munir as new Army chief

Pakistan's former spy master and senior-most Lt General Asim Munir was on Thursday appointed as the new Army chief by President Arif Alvi, ending intense speculation over the most powerful position......