Islamabad: Pakistan Army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Thursday contended that India had hardened its position on the Siachen issue as compared to the 1989 stance it had adopted, saying that it "takes two hands to clap". Speaking to the media during a visit to a high-altitude army camp in Siachen sector that was hit by an avalanche on April 7, Kayani said India had "toughened its stance" on...
07:49 PM, May 03, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan's powerful Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has waded into a standoff between the government and judiciary, saying the country's development and welfare depend on state institutions functioning within their constitutional limits. The country's Constitution has "clearly defined the responsibilities and functions of national institutions" and it is incumbent on them "to perform their duties within constitutional limits", he said while delivering an address at an event marking...
10:18 AM, May 01, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan's powerful army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Monday waded into a standoff between the government and judiciary, saying the country's development and welfare depend on state institutions functioning within their constitutional limits. The country's Constitution has "clearly defined the responsibilities and functions of national institutions" and it is incumbent on them "to perform their duties within constitutional limits", Kayani said while delivering an address at an event...
12:17 AM, May 01, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan should not unilaterally withdraw its forces from Siachen, the world's highest battleground, opposition leader Imran Khan has said. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief said in Lahore on Sunday that there has be simultaneous withdrawal of forces by India as well as Pakistan, Geo News reported. Imran Khan was reacting to Pakistan Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani's statement on April 18 that his country favoured talks with India...
12:08 PM, Apr 23, 2012
Hyderabad: India on Thursday welcomed Pakistan Army Chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani's remarks on resolving the Siachen issue and demilitarisation there and said the money spent on deployment of troops can be spent on development of the two countries. "I am glad that our neighbouring country Pakistan is also realising the challenges and the economic problems of maintaining troops on the Siachen Glacier," Minister of State for Defence MM Pallam...
01:39 AM, Apr 20, 2012
Pakistan army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has said that India and Pakistan must sort out differences for peaceful coexistence. ...
09:21 PM, Apr 19, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistani Army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani said on Wednesday that his country favoured talks with India to demilitarise the Siachen Glacier, dubbed as the world's highest battleground. "Peaceful coexistence between the two neighbours is very important so that everybody can concentrate on the well-being of the people," he told reporters. The Gen was speaking at Skardu airport in northern Pakistan after visiting the Gayari army base in Pakistani...
12:38 AM, Apr 19, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan's army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Wednesday said all issues between India and Pakistan should be resolved to ensure "peaceful co-existence" which would allow the two countries to focus on development and the welfare of the people. In his first public remarks on the peace process that was resumed by New Delhi and Islamabad in 2011, the powerful army chief said, "All issues should be resolved and...
09:28 PM, Apr 18, 2012
Lahore: The issue of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Saeed, on whose head the US has offered a bounty of $10 million, came up for discussion during the talks Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari had with Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani and Army Chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on the eve of his India visit. Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar, Interior Minister Rehman Malik and Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jillani were also...
12:00 PM, Apr 08, 2012
Lahore: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari met Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Saturday night for preparatory discussions regarding his visit to India, including the case of JuD chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed. Officials sources said the $10 million US bounty for Saeed necessitated the meeting of the top civil and military leadership at the Governor's House in Lahore on Saturday night. Zardari is...
02:10 AM, Apr 08, 2012
Lahore: Intelligence agencies detained more than 20 activists of the banned Hizb-ut-Tahrir in Lahore on Thursday on suspicion of involvement in making a video that accused Pakistan Army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani of "treachery". Intelligence operatives raided a house in C-Block of the posh Model Town area and detained the Hizb-ut-Tahrir activists, official sources told PTI. The operatives seized computers, CDs and literature from the possession of the detained...
01:02 AM, Mar 30, 2012
Islamabad/Washington: The US and Pakistan on Wednesday resumed their high-level military contacts for the first time since a deadly cross-border NATO strike in the country's restive tribal belt killed 24 Pakistani soldiers last year. The meeting between Pakistan Army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and the top US commander in the region, Gen James Mattis, and the top commander in Afghanistan, Gen John Allen took place in Islamabad, a day...
02:16 AM, Mar 29, 2012
London: Pakistan Army Chief, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, on Tuesday met top British officials and discussed defence issues of mutual interest, including bilateral military cooperation and the current situation in war-torn Afghanistan. Kayani, who arrived in London on Monday on an official visit, held meetings with senior civil and military leaders, including Minister of State for Defence Nick Harvey, National Security Advisor Kim Darroch, Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan...
07:52 PM, Mar 20, 2012
Islamabad; Pakistan has begun to look for a successor to spy chief Lt Gen Shuja Pasha, who retires next month, a media report said. General Pasha is a confidant of army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani. The government was mulling the replacement to the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Gen Shuja Pasha who retires March 18 2012, Geo News reported. The general has been twice given a year's extension. Probable successors...
11:01 AM, Feb 16, 2012
Washington: Seeking to fortify its strategic ties with China amid strains in relations with US, Pakistan is considering a proposal to lease the disputed Gilgit-Baltistan region to Beijing for 50 years, an eminent US-based think tank has claimed, citing local media. The Pakistani move is aimed at cementing its all-weather relations with China amid the irreparable rupture in US-Pak ties over the past year, said Middle East Media Research Institute...
09:29 AM, Feb 12, 2012
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