Editing Pervez Musharraf (section)

===Chief of Army Staff and Chairman Joint Chiefs===
[[File:PervezMusharraf.jpg|thumb|Musharraf in army uniform, {{circa|2007}}]]
There were three lieutenant-generals potentially in line to succeed General [[Jehangir Karamat]] as chief of army staff. Musharraf was third-in-line and was well regarded by the general public and the armed forces. He also had an excellent academic standing from his college and university studies.<ref name="Yale University Press"/> Musharraf was strongly favoured by the Prime Minister's colleagues: a straight officer with democratic views.<ref name="Yale University Press"/> [[Nisar Ali Khan]] and [[Shahbaz Sharif]] recommended Musharraf and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif personally promoted Musharraf to the rank of four-star general to replace Karamat.<ref name="nytsoldier"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Constable |first=Pamela |author-link=Pamela Constable |date=28 November 2007 |title=Musharraf Steps Down as Head of Pakistani Army |language=en-US |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/27/AR2007112702242.html |url-status=live |access-date=24 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927010739/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/27/AR2007112702242.html |archive-date=27 September 2016 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=1 May 2002 |title=Pakistan's Dubious Referendum |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/01/opinion/pakistan-s-dubious-referendum.html |url-status=live |access-date=21 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819064119/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/01/opinion/pakistan-s-dubious-referendum.html |archive-date=19 August 2017 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="BBC News, Islamabad" />

After the Kargil incident, Musharraf did not wish to be the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs:<ref name="Yale University Press"/> Musharraf favoured the chief of naval staff [[Fasih Bokhari|Admiral Bokhari]] to take on this role, and claimed that: "he did not care"<ref name="Yale University Press"/> Prime minister Sharif was displeased by this suggestion, due to the hostile nature of his relationship with the Admiral. Musharraf further exacerbated his divide with Nawaz Sharif after recommending the forced retirement of senior officers close to the Prime minister,<ref name="Yale University Press"/> including Lieutenant-General Tariq Pervez (also known by his name's initials as ''TP''), commander of [[XII Corps (Pakistan)|XII Corps]], who was a brother-in-law of a high profile cabinet minister.<ref name="Yale University Press"/> According to Musharraf, lieutenant-general TP was an ill-mannered, foul-mouthed, ill-disciplined officer who caused a great deal of dissent within the armed forces.<ref name="Yale University Press"/> Nawaz Sharif's announcement of the promotion of General Musharraf to Chairman Joint Chiefs caused an escalation of the tensions with Admiral Bokhari: upon hearing the news, he launched a strong protest against the Prime minister. The next morning, the Prime minister relieved Admiral Bokhari of his duties.<ref name="Yale University Press"/> It was during his time as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs that Musharraf began to build friendly relations with the [[United States Army]] establishment, including General [[Anthony Zinni]], [[United States Marine Corps|USMC]], General [[Tommy Franks]], General [[John Abizaid]], and [[General Colin Powell]] of the US Army, all of whom were premier four-star generals.<ref name=Putnam>{{cite book|author1=Tony Zinni|author2=Tom Clancy |author3=Tony Koltz |title=Battle ready|year=2004|publisher=Putnam|location=New York|isbn=0-399-15176-1|edition=Berkley trade pbk.}}</ref>