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 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
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: 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
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
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
Islamabad: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday held a meeting with Pakistan's army and intelligence chiefs to discuss the regional security situation and the reconciliation process in Afghanistan, reflecting the easing of tensions between the civilian and the military leadership. Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar too was present at Gilani's meeting with Army Chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and Inter-Services Intelligence head Lt Gen Ahmad Shuja Pasha at the...
10:52 PM, Jan 24, 2012
New Delhi: Pakistan Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has called a meeting of his principal staff officers on Thursday after Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani sacked the Defence Secretary Lt Gen(retd) Naeem Khalid Lodhi, considered to be close to the military, raising fears of a coup. The government has also called an urgent meeting of Parliament and may seek a vote of confidence perhaps hoping that given the widespread...
11:03 AM, Jan 12, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan government is seriously contemplating the removal of powerful Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and ISI head Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha against the backdrop of a standoff on a memo alleging an Army plot to seize power, according to a media report on Monday. The government's "extreme unhappiness" with Kayani, currently on a three-year extension, and Pasha, who received a one-year extension in service last year, is...
12:40 PM, Dec 26, 2011
Islamabad: Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Friday gave his troops "full liberty" to respond to any further cross-border attacks by NATO forces in Afghanistan in the wake of an air strike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, official sources said on Friday. The powerful army chief told commanders of units deployed along the western border with Afghanistan that they had "full liberty of action to respond (by) employing...
10:37 AM, Dec 02, 2011
Islamabad: Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan said that terror groups will have no place in Pakistan if his party comes to power. Speaking exclusively to CNN-IBN, he said that it is time to stop treating terror groups created during the Afghan jehad days as an asset. "As a policy if Tehreek-e-Insaf government comes to power we will insist on there will be no militant groups operating from within Pakistan, because the...
08:08 AM, Nov 13, 2011
Islamabad: Pakistani opposition leader and Tehreek-e-Insaaf chief Imran Khan said he will rein in the Pakistani Army and the ISI if he becomes Prime Minister. Speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, Imran said that if and when he becomes Prime Minister then everything that happens in the country will be his responsibility and hence, the Army will be under him. Karan Thapar: Hello and welcome to a special Devil's...
02:48 PM, Nov 12, 2011
Islamabad: Pakistani opposition leader and Tehreek-e-Insaaf chief Imran Khan said he will rein in the Pakistani Army and the ISI if he becomes Prime Minister. Speaking exclusively to CNN-IBN, Imran said that if and when he becomes Prime Minister then everything that happens in the country will be his responsibility and hence, the Army will be under him. "Unless I can implement my agenda, which means that I take responsibility...
07:27 AM, Nov 12, 2011
Islamabad: Pakistan's powerful military chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani is "manipulating" the government and parliament to prevent them from changing their policy on restive Pak-Afghan border, a top French official believes. According to a secret US diplomatic cable dated dated January 22, 2010 disclosed by whistle-blower website WikiLeaks and published in Dawn newspaper, head of the French government's inter-agency Afghanistan-Pakistan cell Jasmine Zernini told American officials that although General Kayani...
06:52 PM, May 29, 2011
Islamabad: With America's unilateral action creating unease in Pakistan, the powerful army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Monday said that the civilian leadership should hold political consultations to evolve consensus on important security issues like the war on terror. A week after Osama bin Laden was killed in a secret US operation, Kayani said addressing army officers in the garrisons at Rawalpindi, Kharian and Sialkot that he had conveyed...
09:01 PM, May 09, 2011
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