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ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s army chief paid a visit to the country’s president Saturday in a meeting that might signal a willingness for reconciliation between the military and the civilian government after a week of escalating tensions and rumors of an impending coup.
Army chief Gen. Ashfaq Pervez Kayani and President Asif Ali Zardari discussed the “current security situation,” according to the state-run news agency.
The president’s Pakistan People’s Party’s Information Secretary Qamar Zaman Kaira said the meeting was not routine, “given Pakistan’s situation, the heat that is being felt.” He told Pakistani television that “certainly this meeting will make things better. . . . It will improve the tense situation.”
