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Kayani gets two-year extension in service
Updated : Saturday July 17 , 2010 12:19:57 AM
ISLAMABAD (Ejaz Ahmed): Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has received an extension of two-year in his service, ARY NEWS reported citing official sources.
General Kayani was set to retire on November 28, 2010, but there were already speculations in the media and power corridors that he will get an extension in service as analyst say the continuity in Pakistans defence policies is the need of the hour at a time when country is fighting with a homegrown militancy and a U.S.-led war is being fought in its western neighboring country Afghanistan in which Pakistan has also a frontline role.
The government has finally decided to award an extension of two years to COAS, while a new post of Vice Chief of Army Staff is also being created, official sources informed the channel.
However, military and government officials are neither confirming nor denying the reports.
A spokesman of the President Asif Ali Zardari, who also is the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, has expressed his unknowingness of the happening.
I dont know whether the Chief of Army Staff has get an extension in service, former Senator Farhatullah Baber told the channel.