Iran War Shadow as Pak Army Chief, Trump Meet

President Donald Trump's meeting with Pakistan army chief Asim Munir on Wednesday comes amid indications of a wider role for the US in supporting Israeli airstrikes on Iran, a country with a cooperative and complex relationship with the government in Islamabad.

- Agencies

WASHINGTON:

As the leader of the military, Munir is widely seen as the most powerful person in Pakistan, wielding the final word on critical matters from foreign policy to internal politics and the economy. Past Pakistani Army chiefs who met a US president also held the post of president—Ayub Khan, Zia ul-Haq and Pervez Musharraf.