ISLAMABAD: A demand made by Admiral Mike Mullen to Gen Ashfaq Pervez Kayani for a military operation in North Waziristan was rejected on Thursday.

Sources told DawnNews that the Pakistan army was effectively handling an operation against militants and it would not like to open a new front.

Gen Kayani had informed the federal government about the demand. The US was officially conveyed the message that the Pakistan Army could not conduct the operation.