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| Impeachment threat for Musharraf | Impeachment threat for Musharraf |
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| Pakistan's ruling coalition parties say they have agreed "in principle" to start impeachment proceedings against President Pervez Musharraf. | |
| Party representatives are said to be looking at a draft impeachment resolution, but further details about how it may proceed were not available. | |
| The president's allies were defeated in elections in February, but he has so far resisted pressure to quit. | The president's allies were defeated in elections in February, but he has so far resisted pressure to quit. |
| Latest reports say Mr Musharraf has cancelled a trip to the Olympics. | |
| News agencies quoted the foreign ministry as saying Prime Minister Yousef Raza Gilani would attend the Games' opening ceremony in Beijing instead. | |
| Correspondents say the question of whether or not to impeach Mr Musharraf has threatened to divide the coalition. | |
| The governing Pakistan People's Party (PPP) emerged as the largest party in the February elections, defeating Mr Musharraf's political allies. | |
| In second place was the PML-N of Narwaz Sharif, whom President Musharraf ousted in a 1999 coup. | |
| Military question | |
| The two parties formed an alliance in March, but have since been split over the issues of presidential impeachment and the reinstatement of judges sacked by President Musharraf during a state of emergency in November. | |
| The PML-N pulled out of the federal cabinet in May when PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari refused to move immediately on these issues. | |
| The rift has caused a sense of paralysis in the government, which is under pressure to tackle militancy and a worsening economy. | |
| The president has previously said he would prefer to resign than face impeachment. | The president has previously said he would prefer to resign than face impeachment. |
| Last year, he gave up control of the army, the country's most powerful institution, but he retains the power to dissolve parliament. | Last year, he gave up control of the army, the country's most powerful institution, but he retains the power to dissolve parliament. |
| How the military reacts to any efforts to oust him would be crucial in determining his fate. | How the military reacts to any efforts to oust him would be crucial in determining his fate. |