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Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has sacked a senior general in the powerful Inter-Services Intelligence who was in charge of the April 30 referendum, media reports said on Friday.
Maj Gen Ehtesham Zamir, head of ISI's political wing, has been ordered back to regular army duty after less than a year in the agency, The Guardian daily reported from Islamabad quoting sources close to the military.
The report said Musharraf had admitted to irregularities in the referendum, in which government employees were ordered to vote. Now the embarrassed leader wants heads to roll, it said.
According to official figures, Musharraf secured 98 per cent 'yes' votes in the referendum which extended his term in office by another five years.
Zamir was a divisional commander in Karachi till last August when he became a powerful figure after being promoted to top ranks in the ISI.
He was one of a handful of advisors who suggested a referendum would give Musharraf the nationwide endorsement he was seeking.
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