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Ansarullah

Ansarullah

A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite

Shiite

represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
Resistance

Resistance

Axis of Resistances refers to countries and movements with common political goal, i.e., resisting against Zionist regime, America and other western powers. Iran, Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Palestine are considered as the Axis of Resistance.
Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban

Taliban

Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
  Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism is an extremist pseudo-Sunni movement, which labels non-Wahhabi Muslims as apostates thus paving the way for their bloodshed.
Kurds

Kurds

Kurds are an ethnic group in the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region, which spans adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. They are an Iranian people and speak the Kurdish languages, which form a subgroup of the Northwestern Iranian branch of Iranian languages.
NATO

NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949.
Islamic Awakening

Islamic Awakening

Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda

A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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Pakistani Senate Summons Defense Minister Over Troops Deployment to Saudi Arabia

Pakistani Senate Summons Defense Minister Over Troops Deployment to Saudi Arabia

Friday 16 February 2018
General Qamar Javed Bajwa visited Riyadh at the start of this month where he met Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman and Saudi Commander of Ground Forces Lieutenant General Prince Fahd bin Turki bin Abdulaziz. No further details were released about discussion during the meetings. In a bid to ass ...
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Pakistan Deploys 1,000 Troops to Saudi Arabia amid Yemen War: Reasons, Consequences

Pakistan Deploys 1,000 Troops to Saudi Arabia amid Yemen War: Reasons, Consequences

Wednesday 21 February 2018 ،
General Qamar Javed Bajwa and the Saudi Crown Prince and Minister of Defense Mohammed bin Salman, Anadolu said. Pakistan's Defence Minister Khurram Dastgir told  Senate on Monday there are already 1,600 personnel in Saudi Arabia that are on a training and advise mission and will not be dep ...
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Iran, Pakistan to Boost Military Ties, Jointly Produce Defense Equipment

Iran, Pakistan to Boost Military Ties, Jointly Produce Defense Equipment

Tuesday 17 July 2018 ،
General Qamar Javed Bajwa and Chief of General Staff Iranian Armed Forces Major General Dr Mohammad Bagheri at the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi. The top Iranian commander, who is leading a high-powered delegation, also met Foreign Minister Hussain Haroon at the foreign office. Iranian comman ...
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Iran Calls for Joint Regional Efforts against Insecurity, US Plots

Iran Calls for Joint Regional Efforts against Insecurity, US Plots

Tuesday 19 November 2019 ،
General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Pakistan’s army chief, in Tehran on Tuesday. Shamkhani said Washington has been trying to create a rift among Muslim countries in bid to expand its dominance and ensure the security of the regime Israel. On the contrary, he added, Iran’s strategy is to promot ...
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How Did Warm Saudi-Pakistani Ties Turned Chilly ?

How Did Warm Saudi-Pakistani Ties Turned Chilly ?

Wednesday 26 August 2020 ،
General Qamar Javed Bajwa, who visited Riyadh to repair ties with Saudi Arabia last week.  This comes while the first foreign destination of the Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan was Saudi Arabia in September 2018. At the time, reports said that the Pakistani PM visited the oil-wealthy Arab ...
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Will Dollar Diplomacy Bring Pakistan Back to Saudis?

Will Dollar Diplomacy Bring Pakistan Back to Saudis?

Tuesday 11 May 2021 ،
General Raheel Sharif, the former chief of staff of Pakistan, was appointed as the coalition's first commander. However, this ostensible accompaniment did not last long, and with the bill of the Pakistani parliament, any participation of the Pakistani army in the Yemeni war was outlawed, dealing ...
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What’s Behind Pakistani Army Chief’s Afghanistan Visit?

What’s Behind Pakistani Army Chief’s Afghanistan Visit?

Saturday 15 May 2021 ،
General Qamar Javed Bajwa arrived on Tuesday in Afghanistan for an official visit. He met President Ashraf Ghani and Afghan High Peace Council chief Abdullah Abdullah. No details of the meetings have been published yet.  The two sides discussed the latest Afghanistan and regional developments, ...
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PM Imran Khan’s Riyadh Visit: Goals, Prospects

PM Imran Khan’s Riyadh Visit: Goals, Prospects

Tuesday 26 October 2021 ،
General Raheel Sharif, the former Pakistani army chief, is in charge of the 41-nation Saudi-led Islamic military organization. In recent years, several joint military exercises have been held between the two countries. The latest was held on October 2, with Saudi naval vessels joining training with ...
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Why’s Bin Salman Rolled Out Red Carpet to Pakistan Military Chief General Bajwa?

Why’s Bin Salman Rolled Out Red Carpet to Pakistan Military Chief General Bajwa?

Monday 27 June 2022 ،
General Qamar Jawed Bajwa met with the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah. They discussed bilateral ties and expanding their partnership in various areas including military and defense.  General Bajwa was awarded Saudi medal of honor.  Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ...
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Change in Pakistan Army’s Top Post: Reasons and Effects

Change in Pakistan Army’s Top Post: Reasons and Effects

Monday 28 November 2022 ،
General Bajwa was elected as the army chief on November 29, 2016, and three years ago he was extended by Imran Khan for his second term. Now some sources have said that Bajwa resigned due to army differences with ruling Muslim League and the second largest party in the parliament Tehreek-e-Insaf.&nb ...

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Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies