WASHINGTON: Field Marshal Asim Munir will cement his status as the most powerful person in Pakistan after becoming the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) under the 27th Constitutional Amendment with the country inching closer towards direct military rule, a ...

Throughout the crisis Asim Munir, the country’s mustachioed army chief, has been on the phone regularly to Mr Trump and his vice-president, J.D. Vance. Diplomats say he is immersed in the details; during the first round of talks last week he was often the only one of the principals seen diligently taking notes.

At the end of two weeks, Trump further extended the ceasefire, without giving any deadline.Naqvis latest visit came as Trump on Tuesday offered a deadline of several days for resuming strikes if a deal is not agreed.

Pakistan is more confident, both in its military capabilities and diplomatic space regionally and beyond, and has moved beyond a purely defensive posture

Pakistan’s military is tightening its grip on the country with sweeping legal changes that critics say are centralizing power in the hands of army chief Gen. Asim Munir. Munir, Pakistan’s former spy chief, was appointed by the government this month to ...

LAHORE: A Pakistani minister has described himself as an "ordinary worker" of Field Marshal Asim Munir, drawing ire on social media with critics arguing that the remark underscored the military's expanding influence over civilian politics in the country.

Eliminating the immensely popular leader would not end the crisis; it would unleash one that the Pakistani state may not survive. Rumors about former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s death in custody have once again exposed the deep mistrust that ...

Pakistan’s role in brokering the weekend’s U.S.-Iran cease-fire talks reflects the extraordinary reset the country’s army chief, Asim Munir, has brought about in relations between Washington and Islamabad.