Islamabad, Mar. 29 : The deliberately reserved style of Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Kiyani, experts and critics believe is compounding Islamabad's myriad problems.

General Kiyani''s determination not to have a front line role in Pakistan's politics may make it harder to unite Pakistan under its central Government, some Western officials believe.

Lahore, Mar. 14 : The US Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, Admiral Michael Mullen has rebuked the notion that Pakistan is headed for another bout of military rule, but accepted that the Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Kayani is in a `tight spot' amidst the on-going political pandemonium in the country.

Mullen said that he had talks with the Pak army chief several times in the recent past, and Kayani has assured him that he is committed to a civilian government in the country.

New Delhi, Mar. 13 : Pakistan Army Chief Ashfaq Pervez Kayani has reportedly given a 24 hour deadline to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to convince President Zardari to accept the new political deal backed by Washington and London.

If Zardari does not accept the new deal, then the Army and the foreign powers will be left with no option but to implement the ''minus-one formula'' which will include Zardari's removal from the Presidency.

Islamabad, Mar. 11 : Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff, General Asfaq Parvez Kayani, met Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday morning and reviewed the deteriorating law and order situation in the country on the eve of the proposed "Long March" from Karachi to Islamabad by the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz
(PML-N).

Lahore, Mar 2 : US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Michael Mullen and Pakistani Army Chief General Ashfaq Kayani have forged "the most important relationship between both countries" through nine meetings, according to Newsweek.

Initially, the two officials differed over strategies on fighting the Taliban, the article said: "Mullen suggested ways Pakistan could help in the war on terror; Kayani disputed even the use of the term. Mullen has pressed Kayani to worry less about India and more about al Qaeda; Kayani counters with pleas for promised military gear."

But the magazine cites two important meetings as the turning point in the ties between both top military officials, the Daily Times reports.

Washington, Feb. 28 : Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Kayani has assured that the Pakistan military would not poke its nose in political affairs of the country.

Kayani, who is on a visit to the United States currently, during a meeting with US Congress leaders here, said that the Army would not intervene in political crisis emerging in Pakistan at present.