It was bound to happen to Musharraf, someday

Every dictator in the world has faced it. An ultimate fall to doom is their fate. This fate has now caught up with the Pakistan President, too. His final expected straw of support was from the Army. Parvez Musharraf had planned for it in advance.
The Pakistani army chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani owed his powerful post to Musharraf. He could have been the only person to save the embattled president's job. Unfortunately for Musharraf, Kayani has opted to stay out of the fight.
The implicit refusal of the Army to play the game Musharraf’s way has left the President limited options. He has now to choose between resigning and facing impeachment proceedings. A resignation seals his face where as facing impeachment, apparently, means a near certain chance of losing.

Opportunistic relations
Politics is infamous for never having permanent friends. It has only permanent interests. The interests of the army chief now lie elsewhere. So, Kayani wants the confrontation between Musharraf, 65, and parliament's ruling coalition settled without any public upheaval. His reticence means the armed forces that probably won't support any invocation of his authority to dismiss parliament because that might incite street protests.
Kayani also is unlikely to let Musharraf's detractors put him on trial once he leaves office for leading the coup because ‘that would draw the military into politics.' The army chief seldom speaks publicly and declined to be interviewed. Insiders say, he has displayed his independence only since last year, when as intelligence chief he refused to back Musharraf's firing of Pakistan's chief justice.
The dismissal of Chief Justice Choudhary had sparked nation-wide protests and many more Pakistanis turned against the president.

The silent patron
The USA has been acting as the most reliable ally for the President. There has been a deafening silence from that quarter too. Not only that many senior officers from the US administration also have been visiting Kayani of late.
Even before February elections that put anti-Musharraf lawmakers in control of Parliament, Kayani ordered officers to cut off contact with politicians. Pakistan though has a history of the military meddling in past national politics.
Last heard, Musharraf was negotiating a safer way out for himself.

Musharraf again raises bogey of Kashmir

Pakistan President Musharraf has again raised the bogey of Kashmir being the integral part of his country even as fresh support for his impeachment came in. He was addressing the nation on the occasion of Independence Day. Musharrf, however, choose not to mention anything about his proposed impeachment.
In a fresh development going against Musharraf, the assembly in the Pakistani province of Sindh has passed a resolution calling on the President to take a vote of confidence or resign.

Tough battle getting tougher
The president now faces an uphill battle to avoid being impeached. The vote follows similar resolutions by the Punjab and North West Frontier Province (NWFP) assemblies.
Ninety-two members of the Sindhy assembly voted in favour of the motion and none cast their vote against it.
Sixty-seven members, including 51 belonging to Sindh's governing coalition partner, the Muttahidah Quami Movement (MQM), abstained from casting their vote.

India objects to Pakistani remark

India on Tuesday objected sharply to Pakistan's attempts to link the ongoing protests in Jammu and Kashmir to the peace process between the two countries.
Pakistan Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi had said that the current situation in Kashmir has affected the environment for talks with India. He also said that Indo-Pak peace process would be hindered if violence in the Valley persisted.
In reply, India has strongly warned Pakistan against "interfering in its internal matters".

ISI now supporting Leftist organisations

ISI of Pakistan is now supporting the Leftist organisations in India. An internal document of the government has reported. It has painted a worrying security scenario till at least 2025.
It warns not only against ISI's plans to keep terrorism in Kashmir alive but also against the increasing belligerence of left-wing extremists.
ISI's main objectives include the "liberation" of Kashmir; revival of militancy in Punjab; use of the Bihar-Nepal border for smuggling arms, explosives and fake currency; cooperation with ULFA; control of insurgent networks from Bangladesh and using certain madrassas in border states like West Bengal.
The overview of internal security challenges in "perspective plan of training in CRPF" provides a hard-headed analysis of the emerging challenges to the security establishment

Musharraf going....goi....go

Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf has put off his visit to China, as opponents in the coalition government consulted over his possible impeachment. Usually the coalition parties in pakistan are fragmanted in approach. This time, however, they appear to be serious and a possible political crisis is looming large.