Kayani lobbying to keep key defence role :WSJ report

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Kayani lobbying to keep key
defence role: WSJ Report
By Web Desk
Published: October 6, 2013
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Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq
Parvez Kayani. PHOTO: AFP
ISLAMABAD:
Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq
Parvez Kayani is lobbying to keep a
key defence role and Prime
Minister Nawaz Sharif is
considering the request, military
and civilian officials told The Wall
Street Journal (WSJ) .
Kayani steps down as army chief
next month after serving twice the
normal three-year term for the
position. He has reportedly asked for
a further one or two years on the
job, according to serving and retired
military officials.
According to the WSJ report, Kayani
is prepared to “accept a revamped
Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
Committee job, currently a largely
ceremonial post that would be given
more authority, or to become defence
adviser to the government.”
The report further cited officials
saying that he could also be made
ambassador to the US.
A military source told WSJ that
“Kayani wants authority over military
appointments and troop movement
added to the position.”
“Kayani is using his office to say that
he’s the guy who can control North
Waziristan, he’s the one who can
handle what is happening with
India,” the report quoted a retired
army officer as saying.
“With all this going on, he’s saying
now is not the time for a change of
leadership.”

source. tribune.com.pk