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Army chief orders immediate inquiry into 'Karachi incident': ISPR. Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa has taken notice of and ordered an immediate inquiry into the 'Karachi incident', the military's media wing said on Tuesday.
The business community has announced to observe countrywide shutter down strike on July 13 (Saturday) against hike in sales tax.
UAE to open Asia's biggest visa centre in Karachi: envoyAmbassador of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Hamad Obaid Alzaabi said on Friday his country would be opening a visa centre in Karachi in September which would be the biggest such facility in Asia.
Traders to observe nationwide strike from 13th The business community has announced to observe countrywide shutter down strike on July 13 (Saturday) against hike in sales tax.
Crisis to be over in two months: Imran. Addressing the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital (SKMCH) Fund Raiser on Friday, Prime Minister Imran Khan professed the bad times bring out the best from amongst the nations.
The Met Office issues a heat wave alert for Karachi According to a statement by the Met Office, a heatwave alert has been issued for the Karachi metropolis between May 1st and 3rd.
WB to loan $100m for Karachi's water supply, sanitation projectsThe KWSB's technical challenges are exacerbated by its low operational performance. Lack of metering of domestic customers, an inefficient tariff structure, an outdated database to calculate tariffs, and poor billing and collection efficiency have led to a large gap between receipts and expenditures.
CAA closes Karachi Airport for transit flights till tomorrow Transit flights will be diverted in Pakistan as the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has announced on Friday to close Pakistan's airspace till tomorrow.
Afzal Kohistani: another whistle blower killed in Pakistan. Afzal Kohistani, was shot dead on Wednesday evening in the densely populated area of Sarban Chowk at around 8:10pm by unidentified gunmen who managed to flee afterwards.
6 dead in rains, snowfall in BalochistanWinter is not over in Pakistan where a strong weather system brought heavy rain and snowfall in the southern province of Balochistan, killing six people and injuring several, officials said.
Lahore High Court orders judicial inquiry into Sahiwal incident.The ordered were given by LHC Chief Justice Sardar Shamim during hearing on petitions seeking judicial inquiry.
CTD man talked on phone before my family's murder'The witness categorically rejected police's version that someone from inside the unfortunate car or from a motorcycle fired at the CTD personnel first.
Helpless mother admits to drowing baby in Karachi seaShakila Rashid, a 28-year old woman from Karachi, has admitted killing her two and half year old daughter by drowning her in sea, a day after committing the crime.
55 workers of religious parties arrested in PakistanRawalpindi police in a division-wide crackdown, which was launched on Tuesday night and continued till Wednesday morning, arrested 55 workers of several religious parties, including the Tehreek-i-Labaik Pakistan (TLP).
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Army chief orders immediate inquiry into 'Karachi incident': ISPR. Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa has taken notice of and ordered an immediate inquiry into the 'Karachi incident', the military's media wing said on Tuesday.
The business community has announced to observe countrywide shutter down strike on July 13 (Saturday) against hike in sales tax.
UAE to open Asia's biggest visa centre in Karachi: envoyAmbassador of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Hamad Obaid Alzaabi said on Friday his country would be opening a visa centre in Karachi in September which would be the biggest such facility in Asia.
Traders to observe nationwide strike from 13th The business community has announced to observe countrywide shutter down strike on July 13 (Saturday) against hike in sales tax.
Crisis to be over in two months: Imran. Addressing the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital (SKMCH) Fund Raiser on Friday, Prime Minister Imran Khan professed the bad times bring out the best from amongst the nations.
The Met Office issues a heat wave alert for Karachi According to a statement by the Met Office, a heatwave alert has been issued for the Karachi metropolis between May 1st and 3rd.
WB to loan $100m for Karachi's water supply, sanitation projectsThe KWSB's technical challenges are exacerbated by its low operational performance. Lack of metering of domestic customers, an inefficient tariff structure, an outdated database to calculate tariffs, and poor billing and collection efficiency have led to a large gap between receipts and expenditures.
CAA closes Karachi Airport for transit flights till tomorrow Transit flights will be diverted in Pakistan as the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has announced on Friday to close Pakistan's airspace till tomorrow.
Afzal Kohistani: another whistle blower killed in Pakistan. Afzal Kohistani, was shot dead on Wednesday evening in the densely populated area of Sarban Chowk at around 8:10pm by unidentified gunmen who managed to flee afterwards.
6 dead in rains, snowfall in BalochistanWinter is not over in Pakistan where a strong weather system brought heavy rain and snowfall in the southern province of Balochistan, killing six people and injuring several, officials said.
Lahore High Court orders judicial inquiry into Sahiwal incident.The ordered were given by LHC Chief Justice Sardar Shamim during hearing on petitions seeking judicial inquiry.
CTD man talked on phone before my family's murder'The witness categorically rejected police's version that someone from inside the unfortunate car or from a motorcycle fired at the CTD personnel first.
Helpless mother admits to drowing baby in Karachi seaShakila Rashid, a 28-year old woman from Karachi, has admitted killing her two and half year old daughter by drowning her in sea, a day after committing the crime.
55 workers of religious parties arrested in PakistanRawalpindi police in a division-wide crackdown, which was launched on Tuesday night and continued till Wednesday morning, arrested 55 workers of several religious parties, including the Tehreek-i-Labaik Pakistan (TLP).
Pakistan Supreme Court to review Asia Bibi's blasphemy acquittal Pakistan's Supreme Court will on Tuesday begin a review of its own acquittal of a Christian woman charged with blasphemy, a verdict that sparked days of Islamist protests and threats and chaos across the country.
Senators question legal status of black list.Senators on Monday raised questions over the legal status of the ‘black list' used to bar individuals from travelling abroad.
Safety body blames PIA, CAA for 2016 air crash The Safety Investigation Board (SIB) tasked with a probe into the 2016 crash of a domestic flight that killed all the 47 people on board, including singer-turned-evangelist Junaid Jamshed, has found a ‘lapse' on the part of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA).
Govt borrows Rs2.24tr in five months. Total debts of the government rose to Rs26.452tr during 5MFY19 an increase of Rs2.24tr or 9.25 per cent over the period.
Crisis in tribal districts. A very real constitutional crisis has erupted in the settled tribal districts of KP, the region known as Fata until the 25th Amendment to the Constitution.
Pervez Musharraf refuses to pay more fine for illegally constructed farmhouse Former president Pervez Musharraf refused to pay the regularisation fees of his illegal farmhouse after a notification was issued by the Capital Development Authority (CDA)
Paramedical students seek uniform syllabus. Holding placards and banners inscribed with their demands, the students started their protest march from the Grassy ground and gathered outside the Swat Press Club. They chanted slogans and said the present system of paramedical education was flawed.
Govt swings into action over gas crisis in country Chairing a high-level meeting about the arising crisis in natural gas supply to the people, the prime minister instructed the officials concerned to further coordinate planning regarding demand and supply of gas so that the consumers could not face any hardship in this regard.
Lawyers' body announces countrywide strike. The All Pakistan Bar Councils Inter-Provincial Committee has announced the holding of a countrywide strike on Dec 17 to support the demand of the Punjab Bar Council for the establishment of the Lahore High Court benches in five more cities of the province.
Pakistan lawmakers critical of army barred from leaving the country, briefly detained Ali Wazir and Mohsin Dawar, two parliamentarians from the violence-ravaged North Waziristan region bordering Afghanistan, were due to leave for United Arab Emirates on Friday, when authorities at the airport in the northwestern city of Peshawar
Massive Cyber attack on bannks in Pakistan A total of 19,864 cards were compromised from 22 Pakistani banks, it said.
Pakistan to become 5th largest nuclear weapons state by 2025. US' assessment of Pakistan's nuclear weapons security has changed over the last decade from confidence to concern after the introduction of tactical nuclear weapons.
Good News for CSS A single bench of IHC comprising Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui conducted hearing of the petition and issued notices to the Secretaries Ministry of Defense, Establishment Division and Federal Public Service Commission (FPC).
Water Crisis in PakistanOf all the problems Pakistan face today, none is more threatening than the schemes of Hindu India to block the water of Pakistan's Rivers.
Sharif says Pakistan isolated because of Mumbai For the first time, Pakistan's ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif has publicly acknowledged that militant organisations are active in the country and questioned the policy to allow the 'non-state actors' to cross the border and 'kill' people in Mumbai.
Nawaz Sharif improved Pakistan's Economy: Imran Khan rhetoric leading to poverty in Pakistan - the Economist Report. Khan is a hothead who will further inflame Pakistan's already atrocious relations with India, Afghanistan and America.
Recent history of the Pakistan Navy is replete with instances of the senior leadership's dalliance with radical Islamic ideology and actors. This flirtation recently took an ominous turn during the speech of the outgoing Pakistani Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) Zafar Abbasi, with the Admiral citing his support to the growth of Islamic ideology in the Pakistan Navy, as the third pillar of his vision for the service.
In most nations, the Church (or in this case, the Mosque) and the State are distinct entities. However, this is not the case in the ‘Land of the Pure', where most public speeches start with religious salutes and verses, which is a declaration of faith. This begets the often-asked question: in a country founded on the principles of Islam for the Muslims of the subcontinent, should one feel obliged to put faith on display?
Numerous international reports have highlighted lack of freedom of religion and persecution of minorities in Pakistan. The 2020 report of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is the most damning. It clearly highlights that Pakistan has failed to protect its minorities, and ensure religious freedom, including for various sects of the majority religion, Islam. Religious independence therefore remains a chimera for the minorities in Pakistan, and sectarian violence a reality of everyday life. These two issues when viewed separately do not raise any alarm, but, when a Service Chief from Islamabad states that religious indoctrination of his men was a pillar of his tenure, the world needs to look at this afresh for many reasons.A review of radical Islam affecting the rank and file of the Pakistan Navy is probably moot. It may be recalled that there have been numerous reports of penetration of Islamic fundamentalism in the Pakistan Armed forces, especially in the Pakistan Army (with no better illustration than the incident of sheltering Osama-bin-Laden). The Pakistan Air Force too has had its share of incidents, with the attack on the air base at Kamra.
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The Pakistan Navy has been shaken on three occasions – with attacks on highly sensitive naval platforms and foreign naval personnel. In 2002, 14 persons including 11 French naval engineers working on their submarine project were killed when a suicide bomber, with inputs from inside the Pakistan Navy, rammed his car into a Pakistan Navy bus in Karachi.
The second incident is the audacious attack by Pakistani militants at the Naval base in Mehran in May 2011. This incident was attributed to Ilyas Kashmiri, a former member of Pakistan's Special Forces, with close links to the Pakistan Navy's SSG (N). The attackers entered the Naval Base utilising three separate gates, implying collusion with radicalised staff from within the Base. Immediately thereafter, the Pakistan Navy arrested a number of sailors, including members of the SSG (N), and Court-Martialled three senior officers on various charges, including collusion.
The third illustration of penetration of Jihadi ideology is the death sentence awarded to five officers of the Pakistan Navy for attempting to take control of Pakistan Navy frigate Zulfiqar with an intent to attack a U.S. Navy ship in September 2014. These officers were convicted of planning and orchestrating the attack on the Karachi Naval Dockyard, which was thwarted, killing 10 naval personnel, including four rogue naval officers. This incident forced then Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif to state in Parliament that 'Without assistance from inside, these people could not have breached security,'
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With these incidents as a backdrop, the recent institutional-level encouragement provided by CNS Abbasi to the growth of Islamic ideology in the Pakistan Navy seems surprisingly naïve and unprofessional. In a televised address to the nation, Admiral Abassi spoke about three pillars of his ‘vision' to transform the Pak Navy – combat readiness, including induction of new platforms; jump-starting the maritime economy; and, reinvigorating the ideological domain.
The outgoing CNS was certainly at liberty to expound his wish-list for ships, submarines and aircraft for the Pakistan Navy, however unlikely that may be. His claims to have jump-started the maritime economy appear to be an advert for the China-Pak Economic Corridor and Chinese avarice, which is being opposed by the local coastal population. This includes recent attempts to surrender sovereignty of two islands off the Sindh coast Bundal and Buddo, to Chinese developers.It is however in the third pillar – ideological support – where the outgoing CNS has managed to achieve some success. It appears that the Pakistan Navy has adopted a systematic approach – provide the correct perspective to its cadres based on Wahabi school of radical Islam; amend their motto to repose absolute trust in Allah; induction of Religious and Motivation Officers (RMOs) onboard major warships, squadrons and HQs; appointing a panel of Ulema to guide their sailors; and transferring all their funds from the Bahria Foundation to Sharia compliant banks. All these measures by themselves could be indicative of a devout Muslim who wants to plough back to his community, but the concern of these measures being utilised by radical elements, as has happened on numerous occasions in the past, should remain an important consideration for the future of Pakistan.
With multi-lateral exercise AMAN-21 on the horizon, the few nations which espouse friendship with Pakistan are planning to send their delegations and units to participate in the Exercise. The exercise will be held in ‘terror capital', Karachi, which is rife with sectarian violence and is a known paradise for terrorists, gunrunners, and drug smugglers. Whilst the Pakistan is desperate for participation, Chiefs of invited Navies should consider the ideological brain-washing their personnel will be exposed to during AMAN-21.
