ISLAMABAD - Secretary Defence retired Lt General Ikram ul Haq has highlighted the importance of Shanghai Cooperation Organization for regional peace and stability and its role as a catalyst for economic growth and prosperity. He was speaking at the SCO Defence Ministers' Conference at Bishkek ...

South Korea and the United States will hold their annual defense ministers' talks in Washington, on Wednesday to discuss combined air exercise, the transfer of wartime operational control and other issues. Seoul officials said on Friday that Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo and his U.S. ...

Washington: The Defence Ministers of the US and South Korea have discussed the cancellation of their joint military drills after the US president said they would be ending. The US Defence Minister, James Mattis and South Korean Defence Minister Song Young-moo held an in-depth telephonic talk in an ...

MOSCOW - Defence Minister Engineer Khurram Dastgir Khan met Iranian Defence Minister Gen. Amir Hatami in delegation-level talks on the sidelines of the Moscow Security Conference in the Russian capital. Both Ministers discussed better management of the border, sustainable peace in Afghanistan, ...

QATAR - Pakistan Minister for Defence Production held meetings with Deputy Emir of Qatar Sheikh Abdullah Bin Hamad Bin Khalifa, Qatari Minister of State for Defence Dr Khalid Bin Mohammad Al Attiya, Turkish Minister for National Defence Nurettin Canikli at the sidelines of Doha ...

Pakistan and Iran have agreed that recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel by United States has violated international understanding and destabilized the Middle East. The agreement was reached during a telephonic call made by Iranian Minister for Defence, Brigadier General Amir Hatami to ...

ISLAMABAD: Iranian Minister for Defence, Brigadier General Amir Hatami Thursday phoned Minister for Defence, Engineer Khurram Dastgir Khan and discussed with him the increasing unrest in the region. Both the ministers agreed to hold frequent consultation to assess the situation, a statement ...

RIYADH – Pakistan’s ex-army chief General (r) Raheel Sharif has said the Saudi-led Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition (IMCTC) will act as a platform to assist member countries in their counter terrorism operations through intelligence sharing and capacity building.Sharif, who is also ...

The meeting of Ministers of Defense Council of Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition will be held in Riyadh on Sunday, November 25.The theme of the meeting is "Allied Against Terrorism". Defence Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan and Additional Secretary Defence Faisal Rasool Lodhi will leave ...

Defence ministers from the NATOalliance met Thursday in Brussels to review the next steps in the Afghanistanconflict and brainstorm ways to make gains in the 16-year-old war.NATO this week announced it would be sending some 3,000 extra troops to Afghanistan , bringing the Western military ...