Pakistan coalition to impeach President Musharraf!

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - August 7, 2008 - Pakistan's fragile coalition government today announced plans to impeach President Pervez Musharraf, throwing the country into new political turmoil.

Musharraf was today plotting his response with advisers and finally canceled an on-off trip to the opening ceremony of the Olympic games. Pakistan's top military commanders also reportedly met today and the reaction of the army - which was, until recently, led by Musharraf - will now be key.

The breakthrough for the coalition - which has been able to agree on little since coming to office four months ago - came after three days of talks between the parties that came to power after elections in February, led by Asif Zardari of the Pakistan People's party (PPP) and Nawaz Sharif of the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N).

"We want to make a new Pakistan," said Zardari, sitting with his coalition partners at a press conference in Islamabad. "We have the votes and the political will."

The coalition must prove that the president has subverted the constitution or is guilty of gross misconduct. Musharraf's decision to dismiss the country's judiciary and suspend the constitution for a six-week period last November may form the basis of the impeachment.