 President General Pervez Musharraf is likely to resign as army chief over the weekend and take oath of office as a civilian president for his second term. “I think the president will take oath of office for the second term on Friday or Saturday,” Attorney General Justice (r) Malik Qayyum told Daily Times when asked to confirm whether the president would take oath within the week. The president had submitted a statement in the Supreme Court (SC) saying that if he were re-elected as president for the second term, he would “relinquish charge of the office of chief of army staff soon after the election but before taking oath of office of the president of Pakistan for the next term”. “The Election Commission, under the rules, will send the result of the presidential election to the federal government, which will then announce the name of the winning candidate,” the attorney general said. General Musharraf has already nominated Vice Chief of Army Staff (CVOAS) General Ashfaq Kayani as his successor. General Kayani will take over as army chief when General Musharraf resigns. |