Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani called on President Asif Ali Zardari at the Presidency on Tuesday. – Online Photo

ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani called on President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday and discussed the law and order situation in Karachi.

“The current security situation was discussed during the meeting, including deteriorating law and order situation in Karachi,” the President’s spokesman, Mr Farhatullah Babar, said.

A two-line official press release issued after the meeting did not give any details.

Although the army chief called on the president in connection with the Defence of Pakistan Day, a source at the Presidency said the meeting stressed that the action by civil security forces in Karachi should be across the board and against trouble-makers, irrespective of their party or group affiliation.

Later, President Zardari visited the Joint Chiefs of Staff Headquarters in Rawalpindi here he met the army chief.

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