ISLAMABAD  :Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has said that misguided minority was defeated in the elections. In a brief chat with media at Aiwan-e-Sadr on Wednesday, the COAS said there were apprehensions regarding holding of elections but the people proved that they ...

The meeting on Saturday between PML-N President and future Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif and COAS Gen Ashfaq Pervez Kayani has both substantial and symbolic implications. Mian Nawaz was removed from office back in 1999, but his party has received a landslide mandate in the present elections and ...

Jamat-e-Islami leader (JI) Sindh Amir Dr Mairajul Huda Siddiqi has urged the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Mr Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry and Chief of the Army Staff (COA), General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani to take immediate notice of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader, Altaf Hussain’s daring the ...

Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani cast his vote here on Saturday in NA-54 Rawalindi. According to details, General Kayani, in his uniform, followed all the procedures of producing his national identity card to the polling staff, got the ballot papers and then cast his vote for ...

islamabad - In a categorical expression of concern just ahead of the general elections, the Chief Election Commissioner Justice (Retd) Fakhruddin G Ebrahim has expressed dissatisfaction over the military’s election security plan and asked the Army chief to review it.The development follows ...

COAS Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kiyani has said that the coming elections would be held on the set time, come what may. In his speech on Yaum-i-Shuhada (Martyrs’ Day) on Tuesday, General Kiyani also said that there must be no doubt, that this war is the country's own war. Mischievous elements who ...

karachi - Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has hailed the address of Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani clearing the ambiguities regarding general elections and role of the Armed Forces.In a statement issued here on Wednesday, Altaf Hussain said that Kayani ...

LAHORE - Is the judiciary really as strong and independent as it appears to be? And has the army really made itself subservient to the government, leaving its former boss Gen Pervez Musharraf to the mercy of law and circumstances?  Is the army monitoring the situation to retaliate at an ...

Lahore - “I don’t fear anyone. I have been a commando and know how to deal with threats. I took part in wars and had a narrow escape many a time”.These are some of the claims our former army chief, who subsequently became the president and ruled the country for nine long years, ...

PESHAWAR : Awami National Party senior leader and former federal minister for railways Haji Ghulam Bilour on Wednesday warned to nominate the army chief, chief justice, president, and chief election commissioner if any attack was carried out against his family and ANP leadership in the ...

SWAT - Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Friday visited Swat and formally inaugurated Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan Bridge over the Swat River along with UAE Ambassador Essa Abdullah al-Basha al-Noaim, a developmental project for the area. The Inauguration ceremony was ...

ISLAMABAD - Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani met Chief Election Commissioner Justice (r) Fakhruddin G Ebrahim on Friday apparently to discuss security arrangements ahead of the general elections.The meeting was held somewhere outside the Election Commission of Pakistan, the sources said.The ...

RAWALPINDI  - Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani visited Tilla Range on Tuesday in connection with Field Firing and Battle Inoculation exercises.The exercises are aimed at simulating battlefield conditions to train the soldiers in a realistic environment. PAF aircraft and ...

ISLAMABAD  - Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani and Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf reaffirmed their resolve to quench militancy and extremism from the country. The COAS and the prime minister held a meeting at the PM SecretariatWednesday to discuss the prevalent situation, ...

November 5, 2012, was an important day for the Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff, as he placed his conceptual manuscript and cognisant vision of a future reformist Pakistan in front of his fellow army officers and the nation. More than anything else, it was a frank and bold reflection of a ...

LAHORE-Editor-in-Chief TheNation and Nawa-i-Waqt, Majid Nizami sees no conflict between the army and the judiciary and also believes that the recent utterances of their chiefs were blown out of proportion in the media. “Neither there is any conflict between army chief and the chief ...

ISLAMABAD - Former chief of army staff Gen (r) Mirza Aslam Beg on Wednesday warned that the statements of the Army Chief and Chief Justice of Pakistan signal a grave danger for the country."General Kayani's statement clearly warns the Parliament to perform its immediate role to avoid a rollback of ...

rawalpindi - Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani returned home after three-day visit to Russia. According to a statement released by the ISPR, Gen Kayani during his visit held meetings with Russian military leaders.Federation's Director Federal Service of Military Technical ...

Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani left here Sunday for Saudi Arabia to attend the funeral prayers of Saudi Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz al Saud.Prior his departure the Prime Minister while talking to media at the Chaklala airbase said that he will condole with Saudi King Abdullah, and the ...

RAWALPINDI As many as 481 golfers from across the country will vie for top honours of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Open Golf Championship 2012 tees-off at the Rawalpindi Golf Club on Thursday (today). Rs 2 million prize money will be at stake and given by the Adgroup and Ammar Pakistan. It is ...

Islamabad - Chief of Army Staff General AshfaqParvezKayani on Wednesdayvisited Skardu and forward locations at Minimerg and Domelsectors in Gilgit Baltistan. The COAS was briefed about the internal security of the region, in the aftermath of killings of 18 innocent citizens at HarbanNullah, Dassu ...

RAWALPINDI  - Chief of Army Staff General Parvez Kayani on Friday visited Ordnance Centre, Malir, in connection with Commanding Officers’ Conference of Ordnance Corps. He was received by Lt-General Abid Pervaiz and other senior officers.  The Commanding Officers’ Conference is ...

RAWALPINDI  - Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani visited Abbottabad Thursday in connection with Commanding Officers' Conference of the Frontier Force Regiment. The Commanding Officers' Conference is a formal event for interaction between unit commanders and senior officers, ...

ISLAMABAD - Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan on Wednesday termed the stance of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani flawed over the manner in which the Chief of the Army Staff and Inter Services Intelligence Director General submitted their replies to the Supreme Court in connection with the memo case.In an ...

ISLAMABAD (Agencies): Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Monday said any official action by a government functionary without the approval of the government is unconstitutional and illegal.In an interview to China Online television, the prime minister referred to the observation of the Chief Justice ...

NEW DELHI – Indian Army Chief General VK Singh is learnt to be considering the option of moving the Supreme Court on the issue of his date of birth in the next few days as a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) on the matter that is pending before the apex court threatens to derail his future ...

GUJRANWALA - Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kiyani on Thursday visited Gujranwala in connection with the graduation ceremony of Army Aviation pilots. According to an ISPR press release, addressing the ceremony the COAS appreciated the commendable role played by Army Aviation in ...

ISLAMABAD – Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani Friday pledged to continue supporting democracy, reiterating the military was not planning a takeover.The Army Chief was speaking in Mohmand Agency where two dozen Pakistani soldiers were killed in November 26 NATO airstrikes. ...

RAWALPINDI (APP) - Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Thursday visited Kurram and Mohmand agencies and appreciated the firm resolve and supreme sacrifices being offered by the Army for the security of the motherland.According to ISPR, at Kurram, he was briefed about the ...

LAHORE - Former Supreme Court Bar president and senior lawyer Muhammad Akram Sheikh has expressed surprise at the three-hour meeting between COAS General Kayani and Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday night, which, according to reports, was also attended by the Attorney General for ...