Pakistan's military chief has summoned his top commanders for talks amid a widening rift between the armed forces and the civilian government that led to the dismissal of the country's top defence official.
Thursday's meeting, headed by General Ashfaq Kayani behind closed doors at army headquarters, comes ahead of a parliamentary session to discuss the latest developments in the so-called "memo-gate" scandal which has pushed the country into political and legal crisis.
Zein Basravi reports from Islamabad, Pakistan's capital.
Comments on "Pakistan's top soldiers in crisis talks"
pakistan ko estonia ... pakistan ko estonia latvia lithuania bulgaria romania main ko gali dina b pasand nhee karta pakistani 3sray drjay kee harami nation army ko to poori duniya main govt sakht nafrat say dikha jata hay harami awam kee chotti harami soch? bastard army bastrad geenrals
@manhornz punajb ... @manhornz punajb musulsul gojar khan kee gas or pothohar ka tail sraiki kee? cotton chori kar rha haypunjab pothohar ko mehangi murghi aata or sugar baichta hay anda chor murghi chor aata chor cheeni chor punjab
@kashmanism punajb ... @kashmanism punajb musulsul gojar khan kee gas or pothohar ka tail sraiki kee cotton chori kar rha haypunjab pothohar ko mehangi murghi aata? or sugar baichta hay anda chor murghi chor aata chor cheeni chor punjab
punajb musulsul ... punajb musulsul gojar khan kee gas or? pothohar ka tail sraiki kee cotton chori kar rha haypunjab pothohar ko mehangi murghi aata or sugar baichta hay anda chor murghi chor aata chor cheeni chor punjab
@fastedu1 Amen to ... @fastedu1 Amen to that!?
@reprimand33
Iraqi ... @reprimand33
Iraqi and Afghan freedom fighters let alone the expulsion of occupations in Libya and Algeria prove you wrong.
USSR was a massive "empire" in it's time occupying many countries and were destroyed in Afghanistan. There is no such thing as a "superpower" other than our creator. Nations are made of men and can be beaten.
Do not believe for a second we have any reservations? or fears of war and our history proves it (we've beaten the odds and we'll keep doing it).
@reprimand33
In ' ... @reprimand33
In '47 we won the war we had liberated virtually all of Kashmir and it was India that ran to the UN and demanded Pakistani forces (which included a few? tribesman) vacate their positions and allow a referendum. Pak was stupid for trusting the kafir but they did thinking the UN was a force for good but the moment we vacated our positions Bharati cowards immediately occupied and fortified them and why Kashmir is still occupied and they refuse to follow UN resolutions
@reprimand33
In ' ... @reprimand33
In '65 Pakistan was fighting an enemy 10 times larger yet it was fought to a draw by all international accounts.
In '71 we our air force had a 3:1 kill ratio as evidenced by USAF Gen (ret'd) Chuck Yeager in his autobiography but we lost because Bengali's betrayed us and the Mukti Bahini went on to slaughter Behari Muslims. However, there are lies about PAK forces and their? conduct (which was honorable) as evidenced by Sarmila Bose in her book "Dead Reckoning"
@reprimand33
... @reprimand33
First, the aid you're referring to is? not economic it was military AID which they gave so that the armed forces would move troops into the border area it's similar to what the US gives to Egypt's military. Pakistan doesn't need it (will have no effect on economy) and it's evidenced by the fact that Pakistan's military has refused to take it after the Abbottabad raid.
Pakistan lost $70 billion because of our involvement with the US we are better off not cooperating.
@TheLapatama ... @TheLapatama They'll? eat anything at this point...
@farangi123
Your ... @farangi123
Your prehistoric army cannot even defeat India or Bangladesh resistance, so what change is their against western powers= none
You could not even detect? Americans infiltrating your country and killing Osama :P loser go pray some more maybe Muhammad the pervert will help :)
@farangi123 All you ... @farangi123 All you guys? do is blame Hinduz at everything. Hinduz hinduz !!!! Is that all you guys ever think of ? I am tired of your hindu talks!! Hinduz Hinduzz! Ahhh!!!!
@fastedu1 0_o Dude! ... @fastedu1 0_o Dude!!!! You are gay!!! And Yes, They? don't eat rice.
@fastedu1 You guys? ... @fastedu1 You guys? don't eat rice.
@farangi123 your ... @farangi123 your specialty? lmao..your only? specialty is rob your own people blind
Ha hahahaha? ...... ... Ha hahahaha? .........
@reprimand33 .... ... @reprimand33 ....well we dont need your aid.....only our government which? is your slave and who is working on your agenda for your so called war against terror needs aid.....if we would be given the opportunity, we will slap hard on the face of every American, Indian, Israeli and British people!....if you have the guts declare war against pakistan and lets fight with us
@fastedu1 ...yeah ... @fastedu1 ...yeah thats? our speciality.. and when time comes we will use it against india!
@manhornz
Who ... @manhornz
Who gives aid to impoverished Pakistan the US.? If this pivotal grants and aid are not given the you have to pray really hard so god will make some money of Pakistan
@diesel9696 its my? ... @diesel9696 its my? business.
@RayKalmNiam of ... @RayKalmNiam of course , this is what u call brainwashing. The same brainwashing the US uses on its own people.?
@fastedu1
America ... @fastedu1
America is to blame.
Which country's initiatives brought forth the NRO which resulted in corruption cases against pieces of s**t like Zardari? and Benazir dropped so they could return to the country? Yes. the US
Who was it that helped keep men like Mubarak and Saleh in power? Yes, the US.
People are no longer ignorant and blind to this s**t anymore. Even now the government is demanding it be allowed to investigate itself and the US supports this.
No more.
@TheEsotericDesi
... @TheEsotericDesi
Well good for us.
You filthy cowards are terrified of everything especially Pakistani's so I'm not surprised you'd call us terrorists.
But you Bharati sack of s**t born from the loins of slaves? without a language or culture who live off the identities others have given you are nothing more than cowardly murderers.
@kashmanism
... @kashmanism
Totally agree, even transparency international found that Pakisan military is the second least corrupt institution in Pakistan (after the ministry of education and that's probably because that? piece of s**t Zardari and the rest of government especially PPP don't fund that department much anyways).
I am fully behind the security services and armed forces of Pakistan which has an approval rating of at least 80% (should be at 90% but I won't get into that here).
Pakistani people ... Pakistani people trust only one institute in the country and that is army. govt is the most corrupt in the history and almost working for the destruction of the country. if this govt doesn't stand the water blockade of Pakistani rivers by India, terrorism supported by both sides of Pakistani? border (sponsored by Indian secret agency RAW), and drone strikes that are killing civillians of Pakistan, Pakistani people will not support it against any army coup.
gen kayani? is ... gen kayani? is better than most politicans
Keyani is a smart ... Keyani is a smart man, he knows that nothing good will come from a military coup right? now. He's gonna wait from the next prime? minister and president ((i.e Imran Khan)) to get the country back in order from Zardari's massive corruption, and then use his power to get the military back on top (supposing Zardari doesn't take Keyani down with himself, after all, they both are members? of PPP, Keyani just happens to regret being a member of the party).
@TheEsotericDesi
... @TheEsotericDesi
lol, of course you would say that, you're Indian.?
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