Pak court dismisses plea against Kayani's extension

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has dismissed a petition submitted against the extension of Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani's service terming it as 'non-maintainable', reported The Dawn.

Filed by Col (retired) Inamur Rahim, the petition challenged the extension granted to Kayani. Rahim's plea said the former servicemen society, which represented hundreds of thousands of retired military men, had been expressing serious concern over extension given to uniformed people because it would adversely affect the entire fibre of command - a hallmark of any disciplined force.

However, the court while announcing its judgement dismissed the petition terming it as non-maintainable.

Further, the petitioner said the extension of Kayani's term was granted by the authority concerned in a mechanical manner. While granting a tenure extension of three years nobody bothered that it would surpass the age of superannuation (60 years) on April 20, 2012. As per the army list, Kayani's date of birth is April 20, 1952, and under the Army Act nobody is permitted to remain in uniform after attaining the age of 60, said inamur Rahim.