Ironically enough, this time it is not a coup against a ‘corrupt’ civilian government but against his very own army-led regime, of which he has been the supreme commander and leader all these years.
The US endorsement of the 'secular combine' of civilian President Pervez Musharraf and Benazir Bhutto is beginning to reflect the failure of silent diplomacy and covert operations.
With a weak Musharraf running the one-horse race and no single challenger coming out in the open, it is going to be a dramatic fight to the finish, and one that will keep all spectators on the edge of their seats.
The recent government decision imposing restrictions on live transmission is a regressive step that would only make matters worse for the civil society in Pakistan.