Pakistan Army Chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani

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  Lt Gen Haroon Aslam of the Pakistan Army today resigned a day after he was superseded by his two juniors.

• 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...

• Nawaz Sharif says will choose army chief, head of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee together

  Hours before the retirement of a top general today, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said he would choose the new Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (JCSC) and the army chief together due to "comprehensive considerations".

• 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 chief General Ashfaq Kayani visits Line of Control after troop violates ceasefire

  Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani today visited the Line of Control to assess the security situation after several ceasefire violations in the region over the past few weeks.

• Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani meets Nawaz Sharif

  Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani today met Prime Minister-designate Nawaz Sharif for over three hours, exchanging views on regional situation and the war on terror.

• Amid political turmoil in Pakistan, Army chief Ashfaq Kayani meets Prime Minister Pervez Ashraf

  Pakistan's Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani held a two-hour meeting with Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf against the backdrop of consultations within the ruling coalition on dissolving parliament ahead of the next general election expected to be held in May.

• Pakistani Army rejects probing former Generals: Report

  The Pakistan Army's legal branch has concluded that there is no scope for the military to try former army chief General Mirza Aslam Beg and former ISI chief Lieutenant General Mohammad Asad Durrani for paying millions of rupees to politicians to rig the 1990 general election, a media report said on Monday.

• Attack on teenage girl exposed extremist mindset in Pakistan: General Kayani

  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.