Musharraf likely to announce continuation in army post
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Islamabad: Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf will address the nation over state media on Thursday during which he is expected to formally announce his decision to continue to hold the post of Chief of Army Staff beyond December 31 this year
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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf will stay on as chief of the army staff beyond the date he promised to give up the post, the information minister said on Wednesday.
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ISLAMABAD: Senate Monday approved President &#39;s another office bill permitting President Gen. Pervez Musharraf to continue as Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) beyond Dec 31 this year.
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Pakistan&#39;s president, General Pervez Musharraf, has formally declared that he will retain the army chief&#39;s post, breaking a public pledge that he will give up his uniform by the end of the year.
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Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf Thursday reiterated his intention to retain his dual role of army chief and called on the opposition to accept the decision of the majority.
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ISLAMABAD: President Pervez Musharraf told the Pakistani nation yesterday he was going back on his vow to give up his additional role of army chief, listing the fight against terrorism among his reasons.
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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf formally told the nation that he would stay on as army chief after controversially breaking an earlier promise to hang up his uniform by the year's end.
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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has yet to decide whether to step down as army chief and try to become a civilian president, a spokesman for the president said on Thursday.
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KARACHI, Pakistan, Dec. 18 -- Gen. Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's president, declared late Friday that he will not step down as army chief of staff by the end of the year, breaking a public pledge but asserting that to give up his uniform now would jeopardize the country's political and economic stability.
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Islamabad, Oct 22 : Extending tacit support to Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf&#39;s intention to continue as the Army Chief despite pledging to quit the post, the Commonwealth today said the move should be considered democratic if Parliament approves it.
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Pakistan&#39;s President Pervez Musharraf, who took power in a bloodless coup in 1999 on the grounds he could provide stable democracy, is strongly hinting he will not step down as army chief at the end of this year as promised.
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Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf  plans to address the nation on Thursday to explain his decision  to go back on a pledge to stand down as chief of the powerful  army by the end of the year, a government official said.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 18 -- Gen. Pervez Musharraf's lawyer told the Pakistani Supreme Court on Tuesday that Musharraf would step down from his job as army chief if he is elected to another term as president this fall. But the pledge failed to appease Pakistani opposition leaders, who continued...
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LAHORE: General Pervez Musharraf has said he will stay army chief and president until 2007, as the law now permits him to do so, the first time he has clearly stated his intention to keep both offices.
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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf  will stay on as chief of the army staff beyond the date he  promised to give up the post, the information minister said on  Wednesday.
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Pakistan's General Pervez Musharraf appointed a new military spy chief and made several other promotions on Friday, days after announcing his plan to step down as head of the army if re-elected president next month.
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Gen. Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan&#39;s president, said Thursday that he may renege on his pledge to step down as army chief of staff because &quot;the vast majority