National Security

HONG KONG: The chairman of China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd has hit back at several U.S. lawmakers who claimed the firm’s research funding to over 50 American universities posed a “significant threat” to national security. Huawei is…

LAHORE: Following Nawaz Sharif's controversial yet veiled admission of Pakistan's role in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, a number of petitions are being filed from different parts of the country seeking action against him under treason charges.…

ISLAMABAD: Parliamentary Committee on National Security today expressed the resolve not to make any compromise on dignity and honour of the country. The resolve came during meeting of the committee held in Islamabad today (Thursday) at…

RAWALPINDI: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Tuesday said the government would provide all possible resources to the armed forces to meet the national security and development needs. He said this during a meeting with Army Chief General…

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump is expected to sign executive orders starting on Wednesday that include a temporary ban on most refugees and a suspension of visas for citizens of Syria and six other Middle Eastern and African countries,…

ISLAMABAD: Director General of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lieutenant General Rizwan Akhtar met Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Islamabad, ARY News reported on Thursday. The outgoing ISI chief discussed issues of national security…

ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Monday discussed matters of national security with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a meeting here, ARY News reported. According to a statement released by the Prime…

WASHINGTON: President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday assessed several more contenders for top U.S. posts including Chris Christie and Rudy Giuliani, as blunt-spoken retired Marine Corps General James Mattis emerged as a leading candidate for…

LAHORE: The committee formed to probe the news story leak regarding national security has been challenged in Lahore High Court (LHC), ARY News reported. The federal government on Monday had constituted a committee headed by retired LHC…

WASHINGTON: A former top CIA official attacked Donald Trump on Friday as a danger to national security, saying President Vladimir Putin had made the Republican presidential candidate an "unwitting agent" of Russia.