Text of article headlined "Glacier melts from the top" by Pakistani newspaper The Nation website on 21 August [by Dr Naeem Chishti, practising solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales] According to the BBC, the British Foreign Office has admitted its role in persuading President Pervez Musharraf to resign from his office on August 18, 2008.

By Salman Masood The new governing civilian coalition that engineered the ouster of President Pervez Musharraf faces some tough challenges following Musharraf's resignation, political analysts said Monday, chief among them the deteriorating economy and the continued threat from a resurgent Taliban.

Text of report by Sohail Khan and Khalid Iqbal headlined "Mammoth anti-Musharraf rally in Islamabad" published by Pakistani newspaper The News website on 14 June Islamabad: Hundreds of thousands of anti-Musharraf marchers converged on federal capital early Saturday [14 June] demanding reinstatement of the deposed judges in no time.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan _ One man held pictures of his children and court documents about the case of his murdered wife. He wanted justice. Others held up posters of former Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry and shouted his name.

By SAEED SHAH By Saeed Shah McClatchy Newspapers ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Pakistan's newly elected National Assembly met for the first time Monday and delivered an immediate rebuff to Pervez Musharraf, setting up a head-on clash between the elected assembly and the unpopular U.S.-backed president.