Though a protégé of Musharraf, the army’s chief of staff, General Ashfaq Kayani, is a professional soldier for whom the army’s institutional interests are more important than the political interests of his former army boss. Kayani has repeatedly declared that the army will not interfere in political affairs, and that the parliament and constitution are supreme.
虽然是穆沙拉夫的门徒，但是，军队的三军总司令阿西法克·卡亚尼（Ashfaq Kayani）将军是一个职业军人，对他来说，军队制度上的利益比其前任军队上司的政治利益更加重要。卡亚尼已经再三声明军队不会干预政治事务，议会和宪法至高无上。