DefenceTalkSix Pakistan servicemen including a senior commander were killed in a helicopter crash during flood relief operations in southwestern Pakistan, the military confirmed Tuesday. Civilian authorities in Pakistan depend heavily on the army during natural calamities such as the floods which have swamped parts of the country this monsoon season. A helicopter on relief operation […]https://www.defencetalk.com/top-army-commander-among-six-killed-in-pakistan-chopper-crash-79162/

DefenceTalkPakistan on Monday authorized the army to deploy across the country and in the capital Islamabad in a bid to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. The interior ministry announcement, which came as the death toll from coronavirus rose to six, means troops will be able to assist the civilian government with logistics and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-approves-military-deployment-to-curb-virus-74937/

DefenceTalkPakistan Army soldiers have won an international sniping and shooting competition in Beijing, said the Inter-Services Public Relations on Thursday. The team representing Pakistan Army secured first position in all individual and team events. Naik Arshad was declared the best sniper in the competition, which was attended by 21 teams representing 14 countries. In July, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-army-wins-international-sniping-competition-in-beijing-68048/

DefenceTalkThe Russian Army’s Commander-in-Chief Oleg Salyukov on Friday announced that Russian ground forces will hold its first ever military exercises with Pakistan in the coming year, according to TASS news agency. The Russian Army is scheduled to hold seven international drills in 2016, including the “the first ever Russian-Pakistani special drills in mountainous terrain.” “As […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-army-to-hold-first-mountain-drills-with-pakistan-this-year-66516/

DefenceTalkPakistan military courts have sentenced nine men to death for terrorism-related offenses or attacks on minority Shiites, the army said Friday. Pakistan has hanged more than 300 people since lifting a moratorium on the death penalty in December 2014, many of them convicted in closed military courts which critics say fail to meet fair trial […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-army-courts-sentence-nine-militants-to-death-66228/

DefenceTalkPakistan army helicopters fired missiles killing three militants on Sunday, officials said, in apparent retaliation for a Taliban bomb attack that killed 20 soldiers in the restive northwest. The helicopters fired at a road in the village of Musaki situated in the same tribal region as the bombing earlier Sunday, intelligence and civil administration officials […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-retaliates-after-20-pakistan-soldiers-killed-in-bomb-attack-50147/