Musharraf 'to step down as army leader'
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Pakistani president's move would removekey objection to him serving another term.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 29 -- Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has agreed to step down as army chief as part of a broad and once-unthinkable agreement being finalized with his chief political rival, Benazir Bhutto, officials on both sides said Wednesday.
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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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ISLAMABAD  - Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf will remain the army chief, Information Minister Sheikh Rashid announced, even though the general had pledged to relinquish the post this year.
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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has yet to decide whether to step down as army chief, a spokesman said on Thursday, as former prime minister Nawaz Sharif announced he would return home from exile on September 10.
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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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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has said he will stay on as army chief, reneging on a pledge to quit the powerful post by the end of the year.
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ISLAMABAD - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf was to address the nation over television and radio on Thursday to discuss his broken promise to quit as army chief by the end of the year, officials said.
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Pakistan's embattled President Pervez Musharraf may quit as army chief in return for support from political parties to re-elect him for another term, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.
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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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An influential group of retired officers from Pakistan's powerful military has urged President Pervez Musharraf to immediately step down
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistan's president, General Pervez Musharraf, yesterday accused his political opponents of "threatening" democracy as he explained to the nation his decision to renege on a promise to step down as army chief by the end of 2004.
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Pakistan&#39;s President Pervez Musharraf says he will stay on as army chief, in defiance of earlier commitment to give up the post by the end of this 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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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is likely to retain the post of army chief after Dec. 31 although he promised to take off the uniform by the end of this year, Dawn reported Thursday.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistani leader Pervez Musharraf backed out of a pledge to step down as army chief, slamming the door yesterday on this key Washington ally's slow progress toward democracy five years after his bloodless coup.