

KARACHI: Asad Umar, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader, Thursday said that his party can support a call for granting extension to the services of current army chief General Raheel Sharif.

Responding to former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf call for granting Gen. Raheel extension, Umar said the PTI could can the call if needed.

Earlier, in an interview on Samaa’s programme Nadeem Malik Live, Musharraf said that the army chief should stay in his office for some more years so that he would finish what he has started.

The PTI leader said that the former president has talked about Gen. Raheel’s extension too early as he already has plenty of time to retire.

General Raheel is an effective person who enjoyed popularity across the country, he added. –Samaa