Islamabad: Demanding that President Pervez Musharraf quit as the chief of Army, deposed premier Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) has said his continuation in the post amounted to politicisation of armed forces, even as it asked government to submit the controversial Constitutional amendments to Parliament for validation.

A "uniformed" President and the Constitutional amendments brought in by Musharraf are the "most controversial issues" that confronted the nation, the party said, adding the government should revert to the 1973 Constitution.

"The armed forces is a respectful institution and the generals, instead of indulging in politics, should perform only their professional duties of defending the geographical borders of the country," PML-N said in a statement issued by its secretary general Saranjam Khan.

The party said it was regrettable that the generals ruled the country for over 27 years and asked Musharraf to shed his uniform and adopt Constitutional methods to get himself elected as President.

Asserting that the party would not compromise its stand against the President in uniform and the Constitutional amendments, it said the PML-N stood for resolution of all controversial issues through Parliament.

The party said any attempt to impose decisions lacking Parliament's approval would be unconstitutional and aggravate the crisis.

Meanwhile, PML-N acting president Javed Hashmi said the government should submit the Constitutional amendments for validation to Parliament, which has been declared by the Lahore High Court as the supreme authority to decide on their legality.

The High Court judgement has affirmed the supremacy of Parliament in Constitutional matters and the government should stop saying that the amendments were part of the Constitution, he said.

Hashmi said the court's remarks had "thoroughly rebutted" the government argument that the Constitution already stood amended, and the Opposition should move a private Bill if it wanted to amend it further.

PTI