Gen Pervez Musharraf may review the decision to doff his uniform due to the imposition of emergency and promulgation of the PCO, high-level government sources said.Asked whether Gen Musharraf would doff his uniform before taking oath, his spokesman Maj Gen (r) Rashid Qureshi said: “The effort is to adhere to the schedule of the third phase of transition as far as humanly possible.”
He said the democratic process would not be derailed. However, “The president has not given any date [for doffing his uniform] because of legal reasons,” he added. Petitions challenging Musharraf’s presidential candidature are pending with the SC, where only four judges have taken oath under the PCO, sources said. “The matter may not be decided until the SC gets the required number of judges.”