Thursday, May 29, 2008

Rumors abound of Musharraf's imminent departure

Islamabad and indeed all of Pakistan is abuzz with rumors of Musharraf's imminent departure from the country on a "safe passage" deal with the PPP government. There have been late-night clandestine meetings, the commander of the crack 111 brigade - which provides security to Musharraf - has been changed, and maybe most importantly Nawaz is loudly claiming that he and Zardari have come to an agreement to push Musharraf out.

Wonder where he will end up? I know that the most obvious - and long-standing - guess is Turkey, but my money is on the United States.