The biggest challenge to the future of democracy, and leadership, in Pakistan, is ensuring that President Pervez Musharraf has an alternative to further death and destruction.

Yes, I know the present road to national disaster has been created by him and his army, but before they (internal or external) go down the overthrow route, with thousands more losing their lives, let’s consider one overriding fact.

He is in a fast-closing corner. He might value, and choose, a face saving fire escape, as an alternative to simply coming out - fighting.