This is a cross post and was originally on the 'Round Up Taliban' thread.

Lieutenant General Ahmad Shuja Pasha, director general of the military's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency, was due to retire this month but will remain in office for another year, Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani's office said in a statement.
From:http://watandost.blogspot.com/2010/0...extension.html Which has links to two Pakistani press comments and one adds:

The extension in service to generals, now four in number, by the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, raises important points.
From:http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default...1-3-2010_pg3_2