Islamabad: Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf indicated that he will enact some of his controversial proposed Constitutional amendments before a civilian Parliament is restored in October.

Musharraf, who seized power in a bloodless 1999 coup, said in a debate on national radio that, "Essential and immediate amendments will be finalised soon".

The rest will be left to the future Parliament to debate, he said.

The proposals have drawn outrage from political parties, lawyers, activists and observers, with the most fervent criticism directed at the cementing of a military role in Pakistan's public affairs.

The centrepiece of Musharraf's proposals is the establishment of an 11-seat National Security Council, which would be empowered to sack the elected Prime Minister and senate without dissolving Parliament.

The Army, Navy, and Air Force chiefs and the head of the armed forces' joint chiefs of staff would sit on the council, and Musharraf, who is Army chief, would also lead it.

The proposals also give the President the power to appoint the Prime Minister and armed forces chiefs.

Critics say the amendments are a "mutilation" of the 29 -year-old Constitution, and drastically alter Pakistan's Parliamentary style of government by turning it into a Presidential system.