Islamabad, Nov 19: Brushing aside the opposition demand, Pakistan's top army commanders have expressed full confidence in the leadership of President Pervez Musharraf and endorsed his decision to continue as head of state and Chief of the Army Staff. "A special meeting of corps commanders held here on Monday expressed full confidence in the leadership of President Gen Pervez Musharraf in the transfer of power to the civilian government", officials said.
The meeting endorsed Musharraf's decision to continue as head of the state and chief of the army staff, the officials were today quoted as saying by the media here.
The corps commanders during the course of the meeting congratulated Musharraf on becoming the President of Pakistan for another five-year term.
The mainstream political and religious parties have said they would not recognise the april referendum in which he was declared elected as president and took oath of office on Nov 16 for another five-year term. The parties have also refused to recognise his constitutional amendments, which vested special powers in him to dismiss the Parliament. Bureau Report