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Tuesday, September 2, 2025
TopicKhawaja Asif

Topic: Khawaja Asif

Pakistan defence minister blames India for Sialkot floods. ‘Dead bodies flowing’

Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif also agreed that India had informed Pakistan twice before releasing water into the rivers.

Pakistan defence minister accuses top govt officers of ‘devouring billions, retiring in Portugal’

Khawaja Asif accused civil servants of siphoning off public wealth & escaping accountability, while claiming elected politicians ‘only get what is left over by them’.

Is Pakistan getting China’s J-35A stealth fighter next year? No, says its defence minister

Reports had suggested that China would supply the fighter jets to Pakistan Air Force by 2026. Asif’s comments indicate no formal agreement exists between the countries for the acquisition.

‘Won’t hesitate to hit terror epicentres’—Rajnath Singh at SCO meet attended by Pakistan defence minister

Speaking at SCO Defence Ministers’ meeting in China’s Qingdao, the Indian defence minister said the Resistance Front, which claimed responsibility for Pahalgam, is a proxy of LeT.

‘Pakistan would launch nuclear attack’: Islamabad denies Iranian threat against Israel

An Iranian general claimed Pakistan would launch a nuclear attack on Israel if it hit Iran with a nuclear bomb, even as a confrontation between Tehran & Tel Aviv 4th its fourth day.

Pakistan defence minister spews ‘garbage’ in parliament, insults PTI women lawmakers

Khawaja called Senators Zarqa Suharwardy Taimur, Sania Nishtar, Falak Naz Chitrali and Fawzia Arshad “the remains and ruins of Imran."

On Camera

India has 30 days to pull off fast reform. Hold crash meeting of Centre & state

In India, we are accustomed to glacial change. We love appointing Committees to ‘look into’ reform. Unfortunately for us, the rest of the world moves fast.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.