Ashfaq Kayani

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  Pakistan Releases Al-Qaeda Chief's Daughter In Swap Deal: Report

  Pakistan released two daughters of Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri and another woman in exchange for former army chief Gen Ashfaq Pervez Kayani's abducted son, a media report has claimed throwing new light on the terrorist outfit's disturbingly long reach inside the country.

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  Om Puri to play General Kayani in biopic on Malala

  Bollywood actor Om Puri is set to play the role of former Pakistani Army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani in a biopic on teenage rights activist Malala Yousafzai.

• New Pakistan army chief General Raheel Sharif takes command

  General Raheel Sharif on Friday formally took over as the head of Pakistan's army, the most powerful position in the troubled military-dominated nation.

• With a midnight meeting, delicate new balance emerges in Pakistan

  Early October, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his advisers met at his Lahore home and made his toughest decision - picking the new army chief.

• Pakistan: Lt Gen Haroon Aslam resigns after he fails to become army chief

  Lt Gen Haroon Aslam of the Pakistan Army today resigned a day after he was superseded by his two juniors.

• Pakistan appoints Lieutenant General Raheel Sharif as new army chief

  Pakistan on Wednesday named a new army chief, a job seen as the most powerful position in the troubled nuclear-armed nation which has seen three periods of military rule.

• Once-bitten Nawaz Sharif to appoint new Pakistani army chief

  Pakistan's prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, will this week name a new army chief who, if all goes well, could help the nuclear-armed nation shake off a legacy of coups and instability.

• Pak Army chief General Kayani's successor to be named on November 28: Minister

  If the army has its way, the next head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee will most likely be Lt Gen Haroon Aslam.

• In Kashmir tension, India sees link to Pak army chief's retirement

  Pakistani troops fired guns and mortars on at least 50 Indian border posts overnight in Kashmir, killing one jawan and injuring six in a show of major aggression. The attacks began on Tuesday night hours after Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde visited the region to review security. Indian intelligence agencies say the escalating tension is being dr...

• General Bikram Singh's comments 'unfortunate, unfounded and provocative': Pakistani army chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani

  Pakistani army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Friday criticised the Indian military leadership, saying their remarks about the Pakistani military and ISI's support to terrorism were "unfortunate, unfounded and provocative".