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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.

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.

Lt Gen Haroon Aslam of the Pakistan Army today resigned a day after he was superseded by his two juniors.

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

A day after a teenage rights activist was shot in the head by Taliban militants, Pakistan Army Chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Wednesday condemned the attack on the girl as a "heinous act of terrorism" and warned that it had exposed the "extremist mindset" confronting the country.

A Pakistani court has admitted a petition seeking to block any attempt by the government to sack army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and ISI chief Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha over the memo scandal. The petition filed by lawyer Maulvi Iqbal Haider was accepted by the Islamabad High Court on Wednesday.

PML-Q chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has emerged as a mediator between Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani after differences between Pakistan's civilian government and the powerful military seemed to reach at point of no return.

The Pakistan government is seriously contemplating the removal of 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.

Seeking to dispel the impression of a confrontation between them over the Memogate scandal, Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani held a lengthy meeting following which they said their divergent views on the issue should "not be misconstrued as a standoff."

Pakistan's Army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has for the first time acknowledged the existence of the Memogate document describing it as a conspiracy against his force as well as national security, and demanded a thorough probe.

A week after the covert US raid in Pakistan that killed Osama bin Laden, President Asif Ali Zardari sought to reach out to the Obama administration to stop army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani from staging a coup, a Pakistan-American businessman has said.

Pakistani lawmakers gathered today for an in-camera joint session of both house of Parliament that will be briefed by army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on the US raid in Abbottabad that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani met leaders of parties allied to his Pakistan People's Party (PPP) to...

Facing worldwide flak over the presence of Osama bin Laden in the country and embarrassed over US' covert operation to kill him, Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani chaired a meeting of the Corps Commanders today.The Army ordered a reduction in US military personnel operating inside Pakistan in an apparent protest at a unilateral A...

A cable sent to Washington by then US Ambassador Anne Patterson paints a short, interesting profile of Pakistan's Army chief General Ashfaq Kayani.  Patterson sent this cable in February 2009 to set the stage for General Kayani's visit to the US in the same month.  The cable says: "General Ashfaq Kayani was born in Punjab in 1952, grew up...

S E C R E T SECTION 01 OF 06 ISLAMABAD 000365 SIPDIS EO 12958 DECL: 08/04/2018 TAGS PREL, PTER, PGOV, MOPS, MARR, EAID, PK SUBJECT: SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL KAYANI'S VISIT TO WASHINGTONClassified By: Anne W. Patterson, for reasons 1.4 (b)(d)1. (S) Summary. Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Kayani's February 20-27 visit to Washington comes on...

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.

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.

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

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

A day after a teenage rights activist was shot in the head by Taliban militants, Pakistan Army Chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Wednesday condemned the attack on the girl as a "heinous act of terrorism" and warned that it had exposed the "extremist mindset" confronting the country.

A Pakistani court has admitted a petition seeking to block any attempt by the government to sack army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and ISI chief Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha over the memo scandal. The petition filed by lawyer Maulvi Iqbal Haider was accepted by the Islamabad High Court on Wednesday.

PML-Q chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has emerged as a mediator between Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani after differences between Pakistan's civilian government and the powerful military seemed to reach at point of no return.

The Pakistan government is seriously contemplating the removal of 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.

Seeking to dispel the impression of a confrontation between them over the Memogate scandal, Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani held a lengthy meeting following which they said their divergent views on the issue should "not be misconstrued as a standoff."

Pakistan's Army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has for the first time acknowledged the existence of the Memogate document describing it as a conspiracy against his force as well as national security, and demanded a thorough probe.

A week after the covert US raid in Pakistan that killed Osama bin Laden, President Asif Ali Zardari sought to reach out to the Obama administration to stop army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani from staging a coup, a Pakistan-American businessman has said.

Pakistani lawmakers gathered today for an in-camera joint session of both house of Parliament that will be briefed by army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on the US raid in Abbottabad that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani met leaders of parties allied to his Pakistan People's Party (PPP) to...

Facing worldwide flak over the presence of Osama bin Laden in the country and embarrassed over US' covert operation to kill him, Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani chaired a meeting of the Corps Commanders today.The Army ordered a reduction in US military personnel operating inside Pakistan in an apparent protest at a unilateral A...

A cable sent to Washington by then US Ambassador Anne Patterson paints a short, interesting profile of Pakistan's Army chief General Ashfaq Kayani.  Patterson sent this cable in February 2009 to set the stage for General Kayani's visit to the US in the same month.  The cable says: "General Ashfaq Kayani was born in Punjab in 1952, grew up...

S E C R E T SECTION 01 OF 06 ISLAMABAD 000365 SIPDIS EO 12958 DECL: 08/04/2018 TAGS PREL, PTER, PGOV, MOPS, MARR, EAID, PK SUBJECT: SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL KAYANI'S VISIT TO WASHINGTONClassified By: Anne W. Patterson, for reasons 1.4 (b)(d)1. (S) Summary. Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Kayani's February 20-27 visit to Washington comes on...