Information Minister Says Musharraf Should Stay On As President
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Pakistan&#39;s information minister reiterated on Friday that the country&#39;s military president should stay on as army chief, despite his earlier promise to step down from the job and become a civilian head of state by end of the year.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan The president of Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf, announced in a nationwide television address Thursday evening that he would continue as the chief of Pakistan&#39;s army despite his pledge last year to relinquish the military role by
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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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Gen Musharraf will stay on as Pakistan army chief if he is not elected for another term as president, his lawyer says.
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President Gen. Pervez Musharraf will keep his dual role as army chief and head of state under legislation enacted Tuesday, despite opposition criticism that he is reneging on an agreement to give up his powerful military role.
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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf this week urged steps to end the bitter dispute.
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Gen. Pervez Musharraf plans to run for another term but resign his military post if he is re-elected as president.
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One day after his party was trounced in parliamentary elections, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said he intended to remain in office and work with the new government, despite calls by the victorious opposition to step down.
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Pakistan&#39;s Senate on Friday passed a bill to allow President Pervez Musharraf to stay on as army chief despite his promise to quit as army chief by December 31st, 2004.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown urged Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf Friday to "stick to the course he has outlined to build democracy" after the death of Benazir Bhutto.
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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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LAHORE: President Pervez Musharraf said that the people of Pakistan did not want him to resign from army office and that the constitution did not bar him from continuing as army chief.
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While the government hailed an end to  emergency rule, many Pakistani politicians, voters and the  media said on Sunday that President Pervez Musharraf remained  entrenched in power with elections next month skewed in his  favor.
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President Pervez Musharraf will not step down as head of state and intends to serve out his five-year-term, his spokesman says, despite a sweeping election victory by his opponents Â some of whom want to drive him from power.
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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 says.
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Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif should honour an agreement to stay in exile for 10 years and should not return on Monday, a Saudi official said on Saturday, citing concern about Pakistani stability.
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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.