NEW YORK, May 28: The Inter-services Intelligence (ISI) Chief Lt-Gen Ashfaq Kiani arrived in the United States on Thursday on an official visit, informed sources told Dawn. During the visit he is expected to meet senior US officials and think tank members in New York and Washington, the sources added.

They said that on Friday he met a number of US think tank in Washington.

Pakistan Embassy officials in New York and Washington declined to give details of Mr Kiani’s visit except to confirm his presence in the United States.

Lt-Gen Kiani had replaced Lt-Gen Eshamul Haq as ISI chief while Gen Haq had replaced General Muhammad Aziz as chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee in October 2004.