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WORLD / Asia-Pacific
Musharraf appoints key military officials
(Agencies)
Updated: 2007-09-22 11:30
Pakistan's President General Pervez Musharraf appointed a new
intelligence chief and promoted five other army generals on Friday, days
after signaling he would doff his uniform if re-elected president.
Nadeem Taj, who was Musharraf's military secretary when he took power in
1999, was among those promoted to the rank of lieutenant general and will
replace Ashfaq Kiani as director-general of the powerful Inter-Services
Intelligence agency.
The military did not say whether Kiani will be promoted or retire. He is
among the top generals tipped by analysts as a possible successor to
Musharraf as army chief.
Musharraf, a key ally of the US in its war on terrorism, this week
signaled that he will restore civilian rule if elected president in a
ballot of lawmakers on October 6.
However the top post in the army would remain a key position in Pakistan,
which has alternated between civilian governments and military rule
during its 60-year history.
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