On June 4, 2008, Kiani appeared in the "Meray Mutabiq", a political talk show, on Geo News and was interviewed by Dr. Shahid Masood where he severely criticised President Pervez Musharraf and his role in Kargil and War on Terror. He termed President Mushrraf's policies as "evil actions", quoting that he had committed grave mistakes by involving the country in Kargil, and his personal role in the War on Terror, which he was of viewed as surrendering to the U.S. threat of pushing Pakistan into the Stone Age and the armed action on the far-right Red Mosque. He was also critical of treatment given to the Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef in 2001, and recommended actions against it but his advice fell on deaf ears.