With Musharraf gone, what's next for Pakistan?

Call it a pre-emptive defensive strike. Faced with imminent impeachment proceedings against him, President Pervez Musharraf resigned today. I can’t say we didn’t see it coming. Musharraf had cancelled plans to attend the opening ceremony at the Olympics for fear that he would get ousted in absentia. Now at least maybe he can make it to Beijing for the closing ceremony, though not as a head of state.

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