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Pakistan's army chief denied accusations that the military is working to oust the country's civilian government

In this photo taken Saturday, June 11, 2011, Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, right, Pakistani army chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, center, and Pakistani intelligence Chief Lt. Gen. Ahmed Shuja Pasha, left, attend a meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan. Kayani has denied accusations that the military is working to oust the country's civilian government amid tension over a secret memo sent to Washington earlier this year about an alleged coup, the military said Friday, Dec. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's army chief denied accusations that the military is working to oust the country's civilian government amid tension over a secret memo sent to Washington earlier this year about an alleged coup, the military said Friday.

The memo scandal has heightened long-standing tensions between the army and the government at a time when the country is struggling to deal with a violent Taliban insurgency, a faltering economy and deteriorating relations with its most important ally, the United States.

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