General Ashfaq Parvaiz Kayani on Friday ruled out any joint Pakistan-US operation against militants in North Waziristan,

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has no plans to conduct a joint military operation with the US against the Taliban in the country, the army announced Friday. Army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has "dispelled" the speculative reporting in the US media that a joint military operation is on the cards, Xinhua quoted the army as saying. The US media had reported that Islamabad and Washington agreed to launch a joint anti-terror operation in North Waziristan, bordering Afghanistan. The national interest will be the main consideration for any decision, he added. US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta had said on Monday that Pakistan had decided to launch a  military operation  against Pakistani Taliban in North Waziristan but the campaign was not against the Haqqani network.

According to an ISPR statement issued after a meeting between General Kayani and US CENTCOM Commander General James N Mattis, the army chief categorically dispelled the speculative reporting in the US media regarding an understanding given to ISAF Commander General John Allen about Pakistan Army's readiness to launch joint operations in North Waziristan Agency (NWA).