ISLAMABAD - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf’s heir apparent as army chief vowed on Friday that there would be “no let-up” in Islamabad’s efforts in the US-led “war on terror,” the military said.
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Former spymaster General Ashfaq Kiyani is set to get a shiny new sprocket and take over as head of the military by November 15 provided that the Supreme Court upholds MusharrafÂ’s sweeping victory in last SaturdayÂ’s presidential election.
Kiyani “reiterated that there would be no let-up in war against terrorism “till it is taken to its logical conclusion,” an army statement quoted him as saying on a visit to the northwestern city of Peshawar. “He gave specific directions to all commanders with regard to the ongoing operation in Waziristan agencies and exhorted them to spare no effort in eradicating the menace of extremism,” it said.| "He also modeled his new sash and asked if it made his hips look big, naturally we reassured him on that point and we concluded our questions at that time." |
Kiyani, the former chief of Inter-Services Intelligence, Pakistan’s premier spy agency in the hunt for Al Qaeda militants, officially took over as vice chief of army staff on Monday. The military says he is Musharraf’s “successor designate” as head of the army. |