U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue meeting held at State Department in Washington
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates speaks with General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Pakistan's military chief, before a plenary session of the U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue Meeting at the State Department in Washington on October 22, 2010. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Army Chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani assured President Asif Ali Zardari the military will not stage a coup as the two leaders met Friday.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- Pakistan's Supreme Court, acting amid rising political tension, issued a contempt notice against the prime minister Monday for not reopening corruption cases.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- Pakistani Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani accused his defense secretary of "gross misconduct" Wednesday and dismissed him.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Pakistani Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani dismissed as "absurd" reports his government planned to fire the army and intelligence chiefs.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Pakistan's top general said the military is committed to democracy even as the prime minister said the military acts like a "state within a state."
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Conspiracies are being hatched against the civilian government, Pakistan's prime minister said in a rare warning without directly referring to the military.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Pakistan, outraged over the Nov. 26 NATO airstrike in Mohmand, will set up air defense weapons on the border with Afghanistan, a source told Dawn newspaper.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Pakistan's army chief has authorized officers at check-posts near the Afghan border to retaliate for any future NATO incursions, the military said.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A court has ordered the former Pakistani ambassador to the United States, accused in the so-called memogate controversy, not to travel outside Pakistan.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Pakistan said its was closing down U.S. drone operations at an air base in the country after a bungled mission left 26 Pakistani soldiers dead and 15 wounded.
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