By Xinhua
Islamabad : Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf may quit as Army Chief by the weekend, the Attorney General Malik Muhammad Qayyum said Wednesday.
“If the Supreme Court announces (its) verdict by Thursday or Friday, then Musharraf may doff (his) uniform by the weekend,” Malik Qayyum told reporters at the Supreme Court building here.
“The issue of President Musharraf’s uniform is now a matter of days,” he said.
Musharraf’s re-election bid was challenged in the Supreme Court and five of the six petitions have already been dismissed. The court is set to announce a verdict on the last petition Thursday or Friday.
Musharraf swept the presidential election on Oct 6, according to local press reports. However, the Supreme Court had stopped the election commission from issuing an official notification of the result until it gave a final verdict on the petitions.
Musharraf has insisted that he will take oath as a civilian president for the next five-year term.