페르베즈 무샤라프 파키스탄 대통령이 앞으로 수일내에 군 사령관직을 사임할지도 모른다고, 법무장관이 밝혔습니다.
말리크 무하마드 카윰 법무장관은 21일, 대법원이 무샤라프 대통령의 승리에 대한 헌법소원을 최종 기각할 경우, 그가 빠르면 24일에 군참모총장직을 사임할 것이라고 말했습니다.
무샤라프 대통령은 대법원이 그의 대통령 당선을 공식 발표할 수 있도록 확인하는 대로 군참모총장직을 포기할 것이라고 거듭 약속했었습니다.
무샤라프 대통령이 임명한 대법원 재판부는 6건의 소송중 5건을 이미 기각했습니다.
한편, 전 크리케트 선수이며 야당 지도자인 임란 칸이 이날 석방됐습니다. 국가비상사태 선포 후 구금됐던 수천명의 반체제 인사들이 석방됐습니다.
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Pakistan's attorney general says President Pervez Musharraf may quit his post as army chief of staff in coming days.
Attorney General Malik Qayyum told reporters today (Wednesday) that if the Supreme Court dismisses the final challenge to President Musharraf's re-election victory, he could step down as head of the military as early as Saturday.
President Musharraf has repeatedly promised to abandon the army post as soon as the Supreme Court clears the way for his October re-election victory to be declared official.
The president's hand-picked Supreme Court has already dismissed five of six legal challenges.
Also today (Wednesday), former cricket star and opposition leader Imran Khan was released from prison, days after he was detained at an anti-government student rally. Thousands of activists detained under emergency rule have been freed this week.
President Musharraf has been under intense international pressure led by the United States to abandon his army post, hold free and fair parliamentary elections and lift emergency rule.