Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Musharraf retires as Pakistan army chief
President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, right, reviews a guard of honor at the armed forces' headquarters in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007. Musharraf visited troops to bid them farewell, a day before standing down as military chief to become a civilian head of state in a move aimed at easing the country's political crisis. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
"President Pervez Musharraf stepped down Wednesday from his powerful post as Pakistan's military commander, a day before he was to be sworn in as a civilian president in a long-delayed pledge not to hold both jobs."
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