Relenting to mounting pressure to doff uniform, Pakistan’s embattled military ruler Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that he will quit the post of Army Chief after he is re-elected as President.

Ending the speculation about the General’s future plans, the President’s lawyer Sharifuddin Pirzda told a nine-member Bench hearing a raft of petitions challenging his continuation in dual offices that he would give up his uniform before taking oath as President for a second term.

”If elected for a second term, Gen Musharraf will relinquish charge of Chief of Army staff soon after election and before taking oath,” Pirzada read out before a Bench headed by Justice Rana Bhagwan Das on Tuesday.