Army Chief's extension notified

THE government on Friday issued the notification for the extension in service of Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, reports a private TV channel. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, in his address to the nation on Thursday, announced that the term of Gen Kayani is being extended for three more years. The extension has been awarded from November 29, 2010 - the date Gen Kayani was scheduled to retire from service after completing his three-year constitutional tenure as Pakistan Armys chief - and will end on November 29, 2013, stated a notification issued by the Defence Ministry.

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