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Conversations with serving armed forces personnel provide insights
'It has to be the Indians' is the view inside most military circles about PNS Mehran base attack.
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Evaluating the PNS Mehran attack: Talking heads
The attack on PNS Mehran got everyone talking - whether any questions were answered is another matter.
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The art of war
Brigadier (retd) Javed Hussain warns top brass that unless it gets its tactics right, its strategy is bound to fail.
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Intelligence agencies: A failure to communicate
Whether Pakistan can win this war depends on how effectively its leadership can integrate intelligence.
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PEMRA issues notice to channels for 'provoking anti-national sentiments'
Geo, Dawn, News one, and Dunya issued notices for violating section 20, rule 15 post-PNS Mehran attack.
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Al Qaeda had warned of Pakistan strike
Several weeks ago, naval intelligence traced an al Qaeda cell operating inside several navy bases in Karachi.
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Navy top brass quizzed on Mehran base attack
Tough questions were asked during in-camera session of Senate panel.
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Saleem Shahzad: Missing journalist found dead
Saleem Shahzad’s body bore torture marks.
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Who killed Saleem Shahzad?
This incident must not be allowed to become just another number on the list of dead journalists.
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PNS Mehran: Navy chief absent from Defence Committee briefing
Navy officials briefing Senate's Standing Committee on Defence on PNS Mehran attack.
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PNS Mehran probe: Navy to present report this week
The Pakistan Navy said the team investigating the PNS Mehran attack will present its report in a few days.
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Mehran Attack Probe: Former navy commando, three others detained
Arrested suspects say former commando Kamran Malik provided maps of base and other information.
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Mehran, through the glass darkly
By design or through characteristic recklessness, the delicate strategic balance in the region has been disturbed.
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PNS Mehran: ISPR releases new footage
Video shows the commandos fighting the terrorists and the building where they took refuge.
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PNS Mehran attack: Sindh constitutes joint interrogation team
Investigators to submit report to Sindh CM in 15 days.
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Pakistani proposal: US considering joint action against high-value targets
Rehman Malik advises Sharif brothers not to make a political spectacle of the PNS Mehran issue.
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Business as usual: Maritime Museum to stay open despite series of attacks
PAF Museum stays closed in the meantime.
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Life in the twilight zone
Today, every inhabitant of this blighted republic has his/her own idea on how the military should defend itself.
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PNS Mehran attack suspect released
Qari Qaiser picked up following phone trace from PNS Mehran attackers' cell phones.
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Pakistan Navy braces for a ‘wave of attacks’
Investigators make headway on alQaeda links.
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Access To Airbase: Probe team may quiz foreigners
Inquiry committee to question foreigners present at the base at time of attack.
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PNS Mehran: 'Air force action could have saved navy assets'
Inquiry committee says ‘inside job’ not just on navy’s part.
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PNS Mehran: Investigation reveals terrorists attacked base in 2 groups
One group targeted the P3C Orion aircraft, the other entered the flight line building.
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Traced calls yield arrest: Naval base attack suspect held in Faisalabad
Suspects of major terrorist attacks to be questioned; police still on different pages.
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Hangu bombing
All these attacks point to one sobering truth: The militants are getting stronger than ever.
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Pakistan’s day of infamy
"Afghanistan is a means to accomplish our top mission, which is to kill al Qaeda and secure Pakistan’s nukes."
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Being ‘proactive’ against terrorism
The new ‘pre-emptive’ or ‘proactive’ approach will put an end to the myth of a US-Indian-Israeli axis.
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PNS Mehran Attack: ‘No discrepancy in militant numbers’
PM said the discrepancy has been created by the media.
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PNS Mehran: Joint committee begins investigations
Navy, Air Force personnel at the base questioned. Ethnicity of attackers will be determined after DNA, autopsy.
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India concerned over Pakistan’s nuke safety
India's defence minister says safety of Pakistan's nuclear assets is a concern for all countries.
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PNS Mehran attack: Petitioner prays court to order judicial probe
The people responsible need to be punished, maintains petitioner.
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Navy revises down the number of attackers
The initial count of the terrorists stood at around 10 to 12, number now amended to four.
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Security concerns: ‘Commercial activities of the PAF base are not a threat’
However, police and other officials claim base is still insecure, open for surveillance.
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Fighting the terrorists: Defence body looks to strike first policy
Meeting presided over by Gilani, decides to review pre-emptive strategy to avert terrorist attacks.
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Navy officers suspect inside job in PNS Mehran
Attackers knew the base “inside out” and were well aware of the points where they would have an advantage.
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Our collective psychosis
Our collective habit of finding bogeys and imagining enemies has turned into a deep psychosis.
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PNS Mehran — how many attackers?
This discrepancy may seem minor, especially when compared to the massive intelligence failure.
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Sing the pain away
Suffering from unique forms of humiliation, Coke Studio has become our only source of pride healing, and punching bag.
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Post naval base attack: Security forces pull up their socks
Lahore Police, Pakistan Rangers and the Army have decided to hold joint counter terrorism exercises.
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PNS Mehran base commander replaced
Commodore Khalid Pervaiz to replace Raja Tahir post navy airbase attack.
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Navy contemplates relocating PNS Mehran base
Pakistan Navy considers relocating PNS Mehran base after the attack that left 10 security personnel dead.
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China denies citizens held hostage in Pakistan base attack
Chinese technicians were moved to safety because of the assault.
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Siege at Mehran: Nation believes armed forces lost, says Altaf
Says defence institutions must review their policies on terror.
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Around the battlefield: A bus ride around PNS Mehran base
Had Lt Abbas not called out to the terrorists, there would have been more damage.
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PNS Mehran: Official naval complaint at odds with ministry
FIR says ‘10 to 12’ terrorists stormed the naval airbase; PM authorises navy to conduct probe.
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Naval base attack — shattering some myths
Rather than blaming others for its own failures, the military should start doing its actual job for once.
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The force is not with us
Spending a few million rupees on security would not be remiss to protect equipment in the billions of rupees.
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Hopes dancing on bald men’s hair
Aunts Agatha and Dahlia are commanding the PN and PNS Mehran respectively.
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Misinterpreting the PNS Mehran attack
The only conclusion the common man can draw is to believe that India, America and Israel have attacked our navy.
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FIR lodged: Discrepancies emerge between police report and navy statements
Navy chief had claimed in a press conference that all terrorists had been killed.