A military-civil group will soon be formed in Pakistan to review the military regime's performance, consider proposals for constitutional reforms and take measures to accomplish government's agenda within a time-frame, the news daily reported on Monday. The group, headed by military ruler Gen Pervez Musharraf, will comprise six top military aides, civilian lawyers and prominent persons to be picked up in a search already underway, an official was quoted as saying.
“Musharraf has ordered that these people should form a consultative group, which should start its meetings once the nominations are finalised,” He said. He said that the decision was taken after Musharraf held broad discussions with some of his military and civil associates. The final outcome of the discussions was to form a group comprising all the six members of the inner circle, one or two Cabinet and National Security Council members, a few private legal practitioners and some prominent figures with deep political knowledge, said the official. He described as ‘rubbish speculations’ that the meetings were meant to take a decision on various issues including the future setup of the country, restoration of assemblies, holding early elections and shifting Musharraf to the presidency as figure-head.
The official said that it was agreed to form a consultative group for three broad-based subjects -- to review the performance of the government, to consider matters relating to constitutional reforms, and accomplishment of the government's agenda within the timeframe which expires in October 2002. Bureau Report