Ashfaq Parvez Kayani

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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.

• 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".

• Pakistan army chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani to retire on November 29

  Pakistan's powerful Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani today declared that he was not seeking any more extension and would retire as scheduled on November 29, laying to rest intense speculation about his future.

• Pakistan army believes in 'strong democratic system': General Kayani

  Pakistan's army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Monday 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.

• Pak crisis: Zardari, Kayani meet again

  Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Army chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani met today, their second meeting since the memo scandal broke out, sparking off a tense stand-off between the civilian and military leadership.

• Gilani reaches out to army; Pak govt-military truce on cards?

  Embattled Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani tonight appeared to reach out to the powerful army by stating that all state institutions will be allowed to play their role in an apparent bid to resolve the tense stand-off between the government and the military.

• Attempts at mediation between Gilani and army chief

  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.

• Is the Pakistan government planning to sack General Kayani, ISI chief?

  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.

• NATO attack fallout: Pakistan tells US to vacate airbase

  The firing by NATO helicopters and combat jets on Pakistan soldiers has added further strain to already tense Pakistan-US relationship.

• Zardari meets Pak Army chief again amid tension over secret memo to US

  Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has met powerful army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani for the second time in as many days, amid reports of tensions between the military and civilian government over secret communications with the Obama administration.

• Post-Osama killing, Zardari feared army coup: Report

  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.

• Pak officials deny reports on Hina Rabbani Khar being called back from US: Sources

  Pakistan says it has not asked its Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar to cut short her visit to the United States after escalation of rhetoric with America over the latter's scathing criticism of the ISI's role in terror. But with reports that the US is considering military intervention in Waziristan, Islamabad has put its air force on red alert.

• Pak army chief convenes special meeting after US warning on ISI

  Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani today convened a special meeting of his top commanders to review the security situation against the backdrop of mounting tensions with the US over its asssertion that the military-run Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) had links to the Haqqani network.

• Pakistan's Chief of Army fights to keep his job

  Pakistan's army chief, the most powerful man in the country, is fighting to save his position in the face of seething anger from top generals and junior officers since the American raid that killed Osama bin Laden, according to Pakistani officials and people who have met the chief in recent weeks.Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, who has led the army sinc...

• CIA chief leaves Pak without deal on resetting ties with ISI

  CIA chief Leon Panetta has left Pakistan without reaching a deal on resetting the troubled relationship with ISI during meetings with the country's top military leaders.Panetta, who arrived on an unscheduled visit on Friday evening, did not meet anyone other than army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and ISI head Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha, a media rep...