India eNews (Free subscription) | 22/12/2008
Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff, Monday met Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani on his second visit to Islamabad in less than 20 days to discuss the situation arising after the Mumbai terrorist attacks.
NHatky (Free subscription) | 03/01/2009
KABUL: Pakistan has demanded the allied forces present in Afghanistan to immediately halt the surgical strikes inside Pakistani soil, stressing to increase intelligence sharing among the forces involved in the region. Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani made the demand in the meeting of the tripartite commission held ...
NHatky (Free subscription) | 02/01/2009
KABUL: Chief of Army Staff Gen Ashfaque Pervez Kayani has reached Kabul Friday to attend a meeting of the tripartite commission. The Army Chief of Afghanistan and NATO forces commander would also participate in the meeting to discuss the situation of the Pak-Afghan border areas and other matters.
Pakistan Times! (Free subscription) | 30/12/2008
ISLAMABAD: On a chilly morning of December staff cars were called to line up when at 3 am. It was announced ,”Shun the Chief is Leaving”. After already spending several sleepless nights a determined and still fresh General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani and his senior colleagues left General Headquarters for their respective residences to be [...]
The Acorn (Free subscription) | 30/12/2008
(They never went away, stupid!) General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, chief of Pakistan’s army and a lot more besides, has declared that “India’s “allegations” against Pakistan “baseless”.” Baseless. That quintessentially Pakistani word. It is the word for every reason, for every season. In fact, it should be declared that country’s national word. And officially be made part [...]
rediff News (Free subscription) | 29/12/2008
With an increasingly prevalent view in India that the Mumbai attacks had the sanction and endorsement of the Pakistani Army and the shadowy Inter Services Intelligence, it is General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani -- the man at the helm of things -- who is under a scanner.
rediff News (Free subscription) | 23/12/2008
India on Tuesday slammed Pakistan for trying to create 'war hysteria', saying it was aimed at diverting attention from the real issue of ending terrorism emanating from that country.Reacting to comments by Pakistan's Army Chief General Pervez Kayani that the armed forces had the right to defend borders in case of any aggression, External Affairs Ministry spokesman Vishnu Prakash said,...
The Acorn (Free subscription) | 23/12/2008
Four immediate steps The Pakistani military-jihadi complex has, as expected, gone on a war footing. General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani has pledged a “matching response” to Indian surgical strikes, “in no time”. The Pakistan Air Force was scrambled to fly sorties over major cities, scaring ordinary people. And the Jamaat-ud-Dawa organised a major pow-wow of religious parties—which [...]
NHatky (Free subscription) | 25/12/2008
... leadership, the finger on the nuclear button in Pakistan is that of its Army chief General Pervez Kayani.For the NCA meeting to have skipped a discussion on the tension building up in wake of Pakistan’s belligerent refusal to keep its promise to act against terror groups is improbable. In fact, as reported by TOI on Sunday, the “conventional” operational preparedness of the armed...
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 23/12/2008
... in sanctioning any nuclear attack. Established in April, 1999, by the then chief of army staff Gen Pervez Musharraf, the NCA is responsible for policy formulation and exercises control over all the strategic nuclear forces and strategic organisations. The country’s nuclear arsenal is overseen by the NCA, which itself is headed by president Zardari, with prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani...
NHatky (Free subscription) | 16/12/2008
... to break the “chain of terror”. The British premier said he also met Pakistan Army chief Gen Asfaq Pervez Kayani and discussed about the responsibilities of the Pakistan army and the ISI to make sure that those terrorists who have operated from Pakistan and did damage in India are properly rooted out and their training camps are closed down. Brown, who had separate discussions with...
NHatky (Free subscription) | 04/12/2008
ISLAMABAD: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called on Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani here Thursday. Rice, who arrived in Islamabad earlier today on one-day official visit following her trip to New Delhi, was on a mission to defuse tension between two neighboring countries escalated after Mumbai ...
Times of India (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
... Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar, Foreign Minister Qureshi, army chief Gen Ashfaq Pervez Kayani and Inter-Services Intelligence chief Lt Gen Ahmad Shuja Pasha participated in the meeting, the release from the Prime Minister's House said. Qureshi briefed the gathering on the foreign policy response to India's allegations that Pakistan-based elements were involved in the Mumbai...
Indian Express (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
Pakistani leaders appeared to be waiting for the arrival of Admiral Mullen, who has met with the Pakistani military chief Gen. Ashfaq Pervez Kayani in Washington and Islamabad on many occasions, the paper said, adding Secretary Rice is scheduled to land in Islamabad on Thursday. Senior Bush administration officials, it said, sought to tamp down tensions. "It's important for there to be...
Pakistan Times! (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani and Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, vowing to continue struggle for combating terrorism, offered assistance to India in probing into Mumbai terrorist attack. The three elders met here in President House early Saturday to discuss aftermath of Mumbai attacks and Indian [...]
