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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Zein Basravi reports from Islamabad, Pakistan's capital.
