Pakistans Army Chief General Kayani

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  Consulted Pak Army Chief, Prime Minister Before Declaring Emergency: Pervez Musharraf

  Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf has for the first time blamed the country's senior civilian and military leadership for his decision to impose emergency in 2007 by saying they have been consulted before taking the decision.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 likely to remain head of military after retirement

  One of Pakistan's most powerful men, General Ashfaq Kayani, is likely to stay head of the military with a new title when he steps down as army chief next month, government and security sources said, taking over some of the duties of his successor.

• 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.

• Pakistan military angered by treatment of Pervez Musharraf: reports

  Pakistan's army chief has suggested that the military is unhappy with how authorities have treated former army chief and president Pervez Musharraf since his return from exile.

• 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.

• Private schools in Swat Valley close to protest Taliban's shooting of girl activist

  Many schools in Pakistan's Swat Valley closed their doors in protest on Wednesday and the country's Army Chief vowed to fight on against militants as anger erupted across the nation over the Taliban attack on a 14-year-old activist famed for promoting girls' education.

• 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.