By Wikipedia In the midst of the political turmoil engulfing Egypt and much of the Arab world, last month’s revelation that Pakistan has doubled the size of its…
General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, NI(M), HI, afwc, fsc(u), psc, is a Pakistani general and the current Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army. He replaced Pervez Musharraf as the leader of the army on November 29, 2007. Kayani is the former director of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence, and Director General of Military Operations. Known as a "quiet man" in both Pakistan and abroad because of his constant refusal to grant interviews to both domestic and to the foreign media, Time magazine ranked him 20th in the list of "Leaders & Revolutionaries" of the world in 2008 and 17th in the same list in 2009. He was also named in the Newsweek "Top 50 Global Elite" and the New Statesman "The 50 people who matter today" being placed on 20th and 24th in the lists respectively.
