Tag: Kayani

Zardari, Kayani expected to meet today

President Asif Ali Zardari and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani are expected to meet today, a private TV channel reported. In...

Kayani avoids answering questions on restoration of NATO supplies

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Friday avoided answering several queries by reporters, including the reopening of NATO supply routes. Following...

COAS refuses answers to journalists

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Kayani demanded on Friday that Prime Minister Gilani be asked the query regarding the appointment of ISI DG,...

Defence budget only 18%: Kayani

Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani said on Monday that the allocation for defence was only 18 percent of the total national...

Parliament to decide on Pakistan-US ties: Kayani

Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani said on Monday that any decision on Pak-US relations would be made by the...

Signs of a thaw

About time too The over two month long tension between Pakistan and the US seems to be easing now. Domestic and American media reports indicate...

Army chief answerable for drone attacks: Dr AQ Khan

Renowned nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan on Wednesday said that the army chief was answerable for the US drone attacks inside Pakistan because...

SC takes up plea against likely dismissal of Kayani, Pasha

Supreme Court (SC) has taken up an application against the potential sacking of Army Chief Kayani and the ISI Chief Pasha as maintainable. A three-judge...

Rein in agencies, Nisar asks Gilani, Kayani

Strongly criticising the role of agencies in the missing persons’ case, Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Thursday...

PM backtracks in bid to mend fences

It’s time to mend fences. In a bid to ease tensions with the military leadership, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Wednesday retracted his...

Kayani, Pasha meet PM as tensions ease with US

With the United States assuring Pakistan of the key role of facilitator in peace talks between Washington and the Taliban and also expressing its...

President, COAS discuss review of Pakistan-NATO relations

President Asif Ali Zardari and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani had an informal exchange of views on Friday over the...

SC wants assurance COAS, ISI DG won’t be sacked

The Supreme Court on Friday directed the government to present within two weeks its stance in writing that it had no intention to sack...

General Kayani meets President Zardari

Army Chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani and President Asif Ali Zardari met on Friday at the presidency, a private TV channel reported. In the meeting,...

Army is subordinate to PM: Yasin

Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Yasin Azad on Wednesday said that the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani and DG...

Ameen Faheem denies rift between Gilani, Kayani

Federal Trade Minister Amin Faheem has said that there is no rift between Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani and the Army, and that the...

Gilani’s criticism divisive, Kayani tells Zardari

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani is furious with Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani for statements criticising the army and has...