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Pakistan's military ruler General Pervez Musharraf announced yesterday that he had no intention of quitting the powerful post of army chief and that he would continue to hold office even beyond his retirement, due in October this year.

The Pakistan People's Party, virtually at war with the military in Pakistan, claimed yesterday that top echelons of the army had been involved in a land allotment scandal and had even changed the rules to favour some of the senior generals.

Pakistan's navy announced yesterday that it would shortly equip its submarines with nuclear tipped missiles, in a move that is certain to increase tension with nuclear neighbour India.

Specially constituted teams of police and the para-military Rangers cracked down on religious parties in Karachi yesterday.

The Pakistan People's Party, at war with the government, confirmed yesterday that the military, now ruling the country, had tried to lure one of its principal leaders, Makhdoom Amin Fahim with offers of prime ministership and after failing to do so, the regime had started a psychological warfare to defame the party.

The Pakistan government's devolution plan, launched with a fanfare of publicity, seems to have run into problem within three weeks of its introduction because of its confused planning.

Troops moved out of the cantonment in this port city yesterday to quell any possible disturbances following the air strikes by U.S. and allied forces on Afghanistan on Sunday night as religious parties took out peaceful processions.

President Mohammad Rafiq Tarar has said Pakistan needs more than one nuclear plant to meet its energy resources.