Islamabad: Denying reports that President Pervez Musharraf has agreed to quit as Chief of Army, Pakistan senator S M Zaffar who negotiated with the Islamist alliance MMA (Mutthahida Majlis-e-Amal) to work out a compromise to end the political deadlock over Constitutional amendments tonight said the General would only take a decision "at an appropriate time".

Contradicting reports carried by some TV networks, Zaffar has been quoted as saying by the official APP news agency that, "The President, in the past, had stated time and again that in-principle he should not hold two offices simultaneously but had said that he would take a decision in this regard at an appropriate time."

PTI