Federal cabinet meets over army chief's appointment.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is chairing a meeting of the federal cabinet over the appointment of the army's two top officers - the army chief and the chairman joint chiefs of staff committee.

Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah, Minister of State for Law Malik Shahadat, and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari are in attendance.

Health Minister Abdul Qadir Patel, Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman, Chaudhry Salik Hussain, and other members of the cabinet are also attending the meeting.

The meeting comes a day after the prime minister summoned a meeting of the coalition partners, wherein, they backed PM Shehbaz, showed full confidence, and authorised him to make the appointments.

'We stand with you whatever decision you take,' said a statement from the Prime Minister's Office quoting the views of leaders of coalition parties.

Following the meeting, Defence Minister Asif said that the summary of the chief of army staff's appointment would be sent to President Dr Arif Alvi today (Thursday) and it "includes PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari's...