Musharraf to give up army post after re-election as president

President Gen Pervez Musharraf will step down as army chief and restore civilian rule to Pakistan, but only after he secures re-election as president, a government lawyer said today.

The party of exiled opposition leader Benazir Bhutto declared the plan unconstitutional and undemocratic and threatened to withdraw its MPs from Parliament unless “steps for national reconciliation” are taken.