Islamabad, May 24: Pakistan's Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali has called on the opposition to stop pressuring President Pervez Musharraf to relinquish his position as head of the armed forces, saying the general should be allowed to decide the timing of such a move. Jamali said Musharraf agrees with opposition leaders that he should not hold the posts of head of state and chief of the armed forces simultaneously, but said the opposition should not insist on a time frame for him to give up his military role.
``There is no ambiguity on this issue,'' Jamali said yesterday of Musharraf's position.
On Thursday, a coalition of hard-line islamic groups, called Mutahida Majlis-E-Amal or united action forum, demanded that Musharraf give up his military post by Aug. 14, Pakistan's independence day.
Jamali, a Musharraf ally, was elected Prime Minister during the vote and runs the day-to-day affairs of the government. But Musharraf still has ultimate power as President, with the right to dissolve Parliament and sack the Prime Minister as he sees fit. Bureau Report