Everything you need to know about Kayani: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Kayani: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) India will take "cautious and incremental steps" in the peace process with Pakistan because of past experiences, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said Thursday.
Islamabad, May 23 (IANS) The Chinese government will unswervingly stick to its friendly policy toward Pakistan and support the South Asian nation in realising stability and better development, visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said here Thursday.
Rawalpindi, May 21 (ANI): Pakistan Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has said that the people of Pakistan have defied and defeated unfounded dictates of an insignificant and misguided minority in the general elections.
Islamabad, May 20 (ANI): Incoming Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and army chief General Ahfaq Parvez Kayani have agreed to 'overhaul' the country's national security and foreign policy in a closed door meeting.
Islamabad, May 20 (IANS) A leading Pakistani daily Monday hoped that incoming prime minister Nawaz Sharif and army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani "can at least be expected to try and work together".
Islamabad, May 19 (IANS) A Pakistani newspaper Sunday lauded army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani for breaking convention and calling on incoming Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
Lahore, May 19 (ANI): Pakistan Army Chief, General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani has met Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president and expected prime minister for the next parliamentary tenure Nawaz Sharif at his residence, and exchanged views on internal and external security issues confronting the country.
Islamabad, May 19 (ANI): The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), which is set to lead the government at the Centre, has reportedly told Army Chief Ashfaq Pervez Kayani that Pervez Musharraf should leave Pakistan before the elected government takes charge from the caretakers.
Islamabad, May 11 (IANS) Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani Saturday cast his vote in Rawalpindi.
Islamabad, May 9 (ANI): The May 11 general elections in Pakistan will not only decide which political party will form the next civilian government, but could also be a litmus for the country's powerful military, that has opted to stay out of politics.
Islamabad, May 9 (ANI): The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of Pakistan has written to Army Chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani saying that the current security plan is inadequate, and has asked him to deploy army personnel at all the sensitive stations across the country.
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) Days after his meeting with External Affairs Minister SalmanKhurshid in the Kazakh capital Almaty, US Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns arrives in New Delhi this week to hold talks on a host of issues, including Afghanistan and expanding civil nuclear cooperation with India.
Islamabad, May 8 (IANS) Nearly 300,000 security personnel, including 32,000 army men, are to be deployed for elections in Pakistan's Punjab state, a media report said Wednesday.
London, May 3 (ANI): The Taliban has been asked to issue a declaration distancing itself from al-Qaeda and committing itself to peace talks before it can open a political office in Qatar, diplomatic sources have said.
Islamabad, May. 2 (ANI): Pakistan's Army Chief has suggested the military is unhappy with how authorities have treated former army chief and president Pervez Musharraf since his return from exile.
Rawalpindi, May. 1 (ANI): Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has strongly dispelled the impression that the upcoming parliamentary elections will be postponed due to security threats.
Islamabad, May 1 (IANS) General elections will be held May 11, said Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani while asking people not to harbour any suspicions or misgivings about it.
London, Apr. 24 (ANI): NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen has called on Pakistan to combat militants who use the country as a launchpad for attacks on neighbouring Afghanistan.
Islamabad, Apr. 22 (ANI): Senior officials from Pakistan and the United States have held talks to break the apparent deadlock in efforts to reach out to the Afghan Taliban for a peaceful end to a decade-long war.
Islamabad, April 22 (IANS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani should stick to national security and leave it to politicians to sort out for whom and why Pakistan was created, said a leading Pakistani daily Monday after the army chief's comment that Islam can never be taken out of Pakistan.
Islamabad, Apr. 21 (ANI): Pakistan Army Chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has said that Pakistan is fully capable of responding effectively to any threat and that the armed forces remain fully prepared to deal with an external direct threat.
Islamabad, Apr 13 (ANI): Pakistan Army Chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has urged tribal elders in militancy-hit areas of Fata to cooperate with the military forces for restoring peace and upholding the writ of government in the region.
Islamabad, Apr. 11 (ANI): With the return of Pervez Musharraf in Pakistan, the worst nightmares of the country's Army are now beginning to come true, an editorial in a Pakistani daily has said.
New Delhi, April 10 (ANI): Events in Afghanistan had gathering momentum in March and quite apparently preparations for end 2014 were now looking serious and urgent.
Islamabad, Apr. 10 (ANI): The counsel for former Pakistan president and ex-army chief Pervez Musharraf has said if the treason case against the latter is heard then a Pandora's box would open and "names of some bigwigs will come into limelight".
Lahore, Apr. 7 (ANI): Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf will express no-confidence in Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry when a petition comes up for hearing before the Supreme Court to seek action against him under Article 6 of the Constitution on the charge of flouting the basic law, according to a leader of Musharraf's APML party.
Islamabad, April 6 (Xinhua-ANI): Top American commander has reaffirmed the importance of the U.S.-Pakistani security relationship to ongoing operations in Afghanistan and also to regional security and stability, the U.S. embassy said Saturday.
Islamabad, Apr. 2 (ANI): Afghanistan has expressed grave concern about what it claimed the 'Pakistani military's unilateral construction and physical reinforcement activities' along the border in the eastern Ningarhar province.
Islamabad, April 1 (IANS) Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani Monday urged the top commander of NATO-led forces in Afghanistan to help Pakistan check cross-border attacks launched from inside Afghanistan, the military said.
Islamabad, March 25 (IANS) Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has met US Secretary of State John Kerry in Jordan and held discussion over the reconciliation process in Afghanistan, Geo News reported Monday.
New Delhi, Mar 24 (ANI): Reacting to the high-profile homecoming of former president Pervez Musharraf on Sunday, BJP has said his return would not usher any changes in Pakistan.
New Delhi, Mar.21 (ANI): The visit of U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's visit to Kabul had been greeted by two suicide attacks on March 9 that left 18 dead. The Taliban were obviously leaving their calling card.
Islamabad, Mar. 9 (ANI): Pakistan Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani had told American officials that they would be 'better off' negotiating an exit from Afghanistan with the Taliban.
Islamabad, March 8 (IANS) Pakistan's powerful army Friday assured the country's election commission of its complete support for the peaceful conduct of the upcoming parliamentary polls, the military said.
Islamabad, Mar. 8 (ANI): Pakistan Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has apprised President Asif Ali Zardari about the military's concerns over the rapidly deteriorating law and order in the country, and called for urgent steps to deal with the situation.
Islamabad, Mar. 7 (ANI): Pakistan Army Chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has said that the army is ready to provide any kind of assistance to the civil administration for maintaining law and order situation in the country.
Islamabad, Feb. 28 (ANI): In a bid to quash fears about the military's role in the coming general elections, Pakistan's defence establishment has reiterated that it has no intention of interfering in the electoral process.
Islamabad, Feb. 26 (ANI): Pakistan Army Chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani has said he fully supports the idea of holding a free, fair and transparent election leading to a smooth transfer of power in the country.
Islamabad, Feb. 26 (ANI): Pakistan Army Chief, General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, has said he fully supports the idea of holding a free, fair and transparent election leading to a smooth transfer of power in the country, according to a prominent columnist for an influential Urdu daily.
Islamabad, Feb. 11 (ANI): Pakistan would have a role in any lasting solution in Afghanistan, a former commander of US and NATO forces in Kabul, wrote in his book-'My Share of the Task'.
Islamabad, Feb. 8 (ANI): Pakistan Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has said that more needs to be done in the fight against terrorism, according to a statement by the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).
Islamabad, Feb 7 (IANS) The top commander of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Thursday met the chief of the Pakistan Army to discuss matters to "improve security in the region", the US embassy here said.
Islamabad, Feb. 5 (ANI): Former military ruler and Pakistan president, Pervez Musharraf, had kept his top commanders in the dark about his 'secret understanding' with the US to support the invasion of Afghanistan, according to his former military aide.
Islamabad, Jan. 29 (ANI): Afghan Defence Minister General Bismillah Khan Muhammadi, during a meeting with Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Army Chief Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, expressed the desire to promote defense relations with Pakistan.
Islamabad, Jan 28 (IANS) Afghanistan and Pakistan Monday held talks on boosting cooperation in anti-terror operations, a media report said.
Rawalpindi, Jan 22 (ANI): A Pakistani Army officer has filed a petition in the Lahore High Court, saying that he possess vital information on the May 2011 raid on slain Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad.
Islamabad, Jan. 19 (ANI): Lt General Rashad Mahmood has been appointed as the Chief of General Staff (CGS) in a major reshuffle in the Pakistan Army at the general headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi.
Islamabad, Jan. 17 (ANI): Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has said whoever considers terror outfit Haqqani network 'an asset for Pakistan' could not be a representative of the Pakistani government.
Islamabad, Jan. 16 (ANI): A senior Pakistani military official has said that the security establishment has nothing to do with the political upheaval triggered by Minhajul Quran International (MQI) chief, Dr Tahirul Qadri, who, along with tens of thousands of his supporters is staging a sit-in outside Parliament House, demanding an "electoral reform".
Dubai, Jan. 16 (ANI): Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf has said that had he been in place of Army Chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, Pakistan would have seen a positive change.
Islamabad, Jan 12 (ANI): Leaders of Pakistan's Shia community have publicly questioned the country's army chief General Ashfaq Kayani over security in the country after at least 102 people were killed in a series of bomb blasts.
Rawalpindi, Jan. 9 (ANI): Pakistan Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has emphasised the need for the Army to remain fully prepared to respond to the full spectrum of threat, be it direct or indirect and overt or covert.
Islamabad, Dec. 30 (ANI): Pakistan Army Chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani has said that the country is pitched against an amorphous enemy, while the conventional threat has also grown manifold.
Islamabad, Dec. 24 (ANI): Pakistan Army Chief General Ashfaq Kayani has made reconciling warring factions in Afghanistan a top priority, military officials and Western diplomats have said.
Washington, Dec. 12 (ANI): Pakistan has signaled its readiness to deal with terrorists operating within its borders as well as with those who cross over to Afghanistan, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has said.
Islamabad, Dec. 7 (ANI): Pakistan's Army Chief Ashfaq Pervez Kayani and spymaster Zaheerul Islam are the only two from the country who have made it to Forbes' list of world's Most Powerful People.
Rawalpindi, Dec. 4 (ANI): Pakistan Army Chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani has
New Delhi, Dec. 3 (ANI): All indications are that elections in Pakistan will now be held in May 2013. If this schedule is adhered to then March 17 2013 will be the last day of the present government. A caretaker government would have to be put into place the precise dates for this would have to be worked out. Lobbying for this has already begun.
Islamabad, Dec. 2 (ANI): Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar, who is scheduled to meet US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and NATO leadership in Brussels, would focus on a responsible exit from Afghanistan and the reconciliation process, official sources have said.
Islamabad, Dec 1 (IANS) Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar will meet US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton when she leads an official delegation to Brussels Dec 3-4, the foreign ministry said Saturday.
Islamabad, Nov 22 (IANS) Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani Thursday said a military operation was not required in Karachi even as the country's interior minister said there was a terror threat in the country in the next three days of ongoing Muharram.
Lahore, Nov. 22 (ANI): The Human Rights Watch has asked the Pakistani government to reinstate its moratorium on the death penalty following the recent execution of a former soldier.
Islamabad, Nov. 19 (ANI): The recent execution of a former Pakistani soldier is likely to jeopardize Pakistan's hard-earned trading leverages with the European Union (EU) by breaking the four-year moratorium on death penalty which served as a condition for duty-free access to EU markets.
London, Nov. 18 (ANI): A retired military lawyer in Pakistan has accused the country's intelligence agencies of assaulting him and his son to force him to abandon legal challenges against the army.
Karachi, Nov. 15 (ANI): Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has claimed that during his tenure as the army chief, he had advised the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) to "stay away" from politics and stop their interference in the country's political affairs.
Islamabad, Nov. 15 (ANI): Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has said that the Pakistan Army is "needlessly" being targeted in order to debilitate the country.
Islamabad, Nov 15 (IANS) Pakistan and Afghanistan have called on the Taliban to sever all links with Al Qaeda.
Islamabad, Nov. 14 (ANI): Pakistan and Afghanistan are working on a reconciliation "package deal" to be offered to the Afghan Taliban in a bid to bring a peaceful end to the decade-long conflict in the war-ravaged country.
Lahore, Nov. 12 (ANI): Pervez Musharraf and Mirza Aslam Beg found themselves washing dirty linen in public about each other's heydays in General Headquarters (GHQ).
Lahore, Nov. 10 (ANI): Chances are that the political cell of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) still exists since neither the prime minister has issued a notification for its closure nor a letter had been written for withdrawing the notification believed to have been issued in 1975, according to an official.
Islamabad, Oct. 25 (ANI): A Pakistani parliamentary panel is set to visit the restive, militancy-hit tribal area of Waziristan- the first visit by an official political delegation - on the invitation of Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani.
Islamabad, Oct. 18 (ANI): A meeting convened by Pakistan Army Chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, after carrying out a careful evaluation of the North Waziristan issue, has decided that any operation in the restive region would be carried out only after a thorough consensus between the army and civilian leadership, strictly in accordance with national interests, and at a convenient time.
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin Sunday ruled out any arms sales to Pakistan and stressed that unlike other countries, Russia never created problems for India.
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin Sunday ruled out any arms sales to Pakistan and stressed that unlike other countries, Russia never created problems for India.
Islamabad, Oct 13 (IANS) Pakistan needs a zero-tolerance policy towards militancy and the "first step must be taken by the men in uniform", said a leading daily Saturday.
London, Oct. 11 (ANI): Pakistani officials have offered a reward of 10 million rupees for information leading to the arrest of the attackers of 14-year-old rights activist Malala Yousafzai.
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) Ending immense speculation, Russia said Wednesday it would deliver the refurbished aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov to India only in the fourth quarter of 2013, even as New Delhi voiced "serious concerns" over the delay and asked for the project to be completed on a war footing.
Islamabad, Oct 10 (IANS) A bullet that pierced the head of child peace campaigner Malala Yousufzai, who was shot by the Taliban, was removed in the early hours of Wednesday, a day when Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani vowed to fight terror "regardless of the cost".
Islamabad, Oct 10 (IANS) Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani Wednesday promised to fight terror "regardless of the cost" after child peace campaigner Malala Yousafzai was shot at by the Taliban.
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) A day ahead of the talks between the defence ministers of India and Russia, India Tuesday indicated that it may impose a five percent penalty for the delay in handing over the aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov, which is being refurbished at a cost of $2.3 billion. The penalty would work out to $115 million.
Islamabad, Oct. 4 (ANI): Pakistan's Army Chief, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, in a rare public statement on strife-torn Balochistan, has said the military would support any political process to resolve the unrest in the province - provided that it was within the constitutional framework.
Lahore, Oct. 3 (ANI): The chief of the Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP), Talal Bugti, has said former Pakistan President General (retired) Pervez Musharraf is liable for death in accordance with the tenets of Islam and democracy.
Islamabad, Oct. 1 (ANI): Former president Pervez Musharraf will have to prepare for difficult times ahead as pressure mounts to bring him to book over military actions and the killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti in Balochistan.
Washington, Oct.1 (ANI): The United States should make a greater effort to understand Pakistan, its compulsions and stop looking at it through the Afghanistan prism.
Islamabad, Sep 30 (IANS) Pakistan Army chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani will visit Moscow in a bid to "address the temporary hiccup" in ties, after Russian President Vladimir Putin decided against visiting Pakistan on the ground that the engagement lacked substance and was more rhetorical, the Dawn said Sunday.
Washington, Sep. 28 (ANI): A meeting between the military chiefs of the United States and Pakistan was postponed this week due to a wave of violent anti-American protests, General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
Islamabad, Sep 28 (IANS) Pakistan Friday braced for anti-Islam film protests as the US military chief, General Martin Dempsey, postponed his planned visit to Pakistan over demonstrations against the movie.
Islamabad, Sept. 24 (ANI): The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has dismissed a petition submitted against the extension of Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani's service terming it as 'non-maintainable'.
New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) Amidst Pakistan pushing for the demilitarisation of Siachen, Indian Army chief Gen. Bikram Singh said Wednesday that India had 'lost lot of lives' and 'shed a lot of blood' to command the icy heights and favoured holding on to the 70-km-long glacier in northern Jammu and Kashmir.
Islamabad, Sept. 17 (ANI): Pakistan has asked the United States not to make any public statement on its planned operation against militants in the restive North Waziristan Agency bordering Afghanistan.
Islamabad, Sep 15 (IANS) Pakistan and the US have called for a clearly defined strategic partnership to act jointly against terrorism and for regional peace, a media report said Saturday.
Islamabad, Sept 12: The service extension given to Pakistan Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has been challenged in the Islamabad High Court.
Islamabad, Sept. 3 (ANI): A recently published book on Al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden has claimed that a top U.S. official who had briefed President Barack Obama, was certain that Pakistan was well aware of Osama's whereabouts.
Islamabad, Aug. 31 (ANI): Top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, General John Allen, has postponed his visit to Pakistan, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said, without specifying any reasons.
Washington, Aug 22 (ANI): An American journalist has claimed in his book that a colonel in Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency helped the United States with vital information that proved useful in locating former Al-Qaeda chief, Osama Bin Laden, and added that Pakistan's army chief, General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, might have been briefed about the raid five months in advance.
Peshawar, Aug 20 (ANI): Groups of jihadi outfits, seeking donations to help wage 'jihad' against the United States in Afghanistan, have taken to the streets in Pakistan, without being deterred by the administration, who choose to turn a deaf ear to it.
Islamabad, Aug 19 (ANI): An editorial in a Pakistani daily has said that as long as Pakistan persists with proxies to project foreign and security policy interests, the terrorists in the country can never be eliminated.
Islamabad, Aug 18 (ANI): Pakistan army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has said that a joint action by Islamabad and Washington against militants in the North Waziristan was unacceptable to the people and armed forces of the country.
Islamabad, Aug 18 (IANS) Pakistan has no plans to conduct a joint military operation with the US against the Taliban in the country, the army announced Friday.
Lahore, Aug 16 (ANI): Top Pakistani military officials are planning to conduct a major operation to eliminate terrorists next month, similar to the 2009 Swat valley operation that purged one of the most Taliban-infested regions of Pakistan, U.S. military officials have said.
