A day after Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf pledged US President George Bush his country's unstinted co-operation to deal with Osama bin Laden, the prime suspect behind the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, the country's all powerful military commanders on Friday made a set of recommendations for the Cabinet's approval. A hurriedly convened meeting of corps commanders and principal staff officers of the Pakistan army which has been summoned by Musharraf to discuss a list of demands handed over by the officials to apprehend Laden, made a number of recommendations to be submitted to the cabinet and the National Security Council, (NSC) for approval, an official statement in Islamabad said this evening. The statement did not specify the recommendations but said all the corps commanders attended the meeting suggesting there were no divisions in the army in acceding to the US request as being speculated in the international media.
Defence spokesman Maj Gen Rashid Quershi, when contacted by newspersons, declined to specify the recommendations made by the corp commanders' meeting. The meeting was held in the backdrop of speculations that Musharraf, who was busy during the past few days receiving calls from top US officials including secretary of state, Collin Powell, got the endorsement for the list of demands given by US, which included permitting the American and Nato security force to use Pakistan airspace.

Bureau Report