Islamabad: As Pakistan's Opposition continued to lodge protest over Pervez Musharraf's Presidency and his Constitutional amendments, Premier Mir Zafarulla Khan Jamali has said he considered the President his "boss" who doesn't need any approval from Parliament to remain in power.

Jamali said he has no hesitation in admitting that he considered Musharraf his "boss" while Opposition parties termed Musharraf an "illegal" President and a "stranger", vowing to continue to oppose him.

With the Opposition members successfully disrupting the proceedings in the National Assembly and Senate on April 18, Jamali declared that Musharraf was an elected President and needed no approval from Parliament.

After pandemonium, the National Assembly was adjourned to April 21 while the Senate was prorogued after a five-hour stand-off between the Opposition and ruling party members.

Tensions rose in the Senate as some women members of the ruling pro-military Pakistan Muslim League-Qaidi Azam (PML-Q) tried to indulge in counter slogan- shouting in favour of Musharraf to match the anti-Musharraf slogans of the Opposition.

As both the Houses were adjourned, Jamali turned down the Opposition demand to hold direct talks with Musharraf, saying that the General was "my boss".

Jamali said the Opposition leaders could get to the President only if they "cross" PML-Q leaders.

"They can go forward only if they were able to cross us. They have seen only one side of the picture yet," he said.

PTI