Musharraf will not back down but Pakistan Parliament may force him to retire – what does Pakistani Military think?
Juhi Singhal
Jun. 8, 2008

The tussle between newly elected Pakistani Parliament and Musharraf is getting intensified. Musharraf thinks the new Parliament is his child and should respect him. At the same time the new Parliament looks at Musharraf as a piece of dark side of Pakistani history.

General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani holds the key to the final outcome of the battle. He is a Pakistani general and the current Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army. Kayani replaced Pervez Musharraf as the leader of the army on November 28, 2007. Kayani is the former director of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence, and former Director General of Military Operations.

Kayani is a Sunni Muslim and belongs to a martial tribe called Gakhars. He grew up in a working-class family as the son of a junior officer from Jhelum side of Gujar Khan, a tehsil in which has parts in the district of Rawalpindi and District Jhelum. He is described as a soft-spoken intellectual who is apolitical, and disciplined.

Kayani is known as a loyal ally of Musharraf. But is he? According some political thinks in Pakistan, this Pakistani general eventually may not cooperate with his former lahori counterpart musharraf.

Pakistan Air force and navy do not like Musharraf. They like to see democracy return back to Pakistan. Army has disproportionately gained during aMusharraf’s dictatorship. Musharraf has taken care of Army Generals and Pakistani spying agency ISI.

Musharraf had a closed meeting with the all the branches of the Military last week to feel their pulses. He understood very clearly that Pakistani Military will not back him the way they did before.

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