ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — President Musharraf’s lawyer told the Pakistani Supreme Court yesterday that the general would step down from his job as army chief if he is elected to another term as president this fall. But the pledge failed to appease Pakistani opposition leaders, who continued to press for him to leave both posts.

Top aides to General Musharraf had been saying for weeks that if he is elected to a new term as president, General Musharraf planned to take off his uniform and become a civilian before he is sworn in. Sharifuddin Pirzada, General Musharraf’s lawyer, made the plan official yesterday.

In a hearing before the Supreme Court over whether General Musharraf is eligible to run for president, Mr. Pirzada told the judges that if the general is elected during the next month, he would retire from the army before November 15, the date on which his current presidential term expires.

Opposition leaders, who have been campaigning for an end to military rule in Pakistan, said they were not satisfied with the concession.

The center-left Pakistan People’s Party of a former prime minister, Benazir Bhutto, quickly released a statement saying it was “surprised and disappointed” at the news. “The PPP was under the impression that General Musharraf would seek re-election after leaving the post of Army Chief,” the party said.

Ms. Bhutto has been in negotiations with General Musharraf over a possible power-sharing deal and had said publicly last month that she believed the general had agreed to give up his uniform before seeking reelection.