Gathering storm

MR Zardari has accused President Musharraf of siphoning off $700 million-$750 million a year from the US aid for armed forces fighting the War on Terror to some undisclosed scheme, hinting that the money might have gone to fund rogue members of a security agency who have been accused by the US of being in cahoots with the militants. He has further accused the President of economic sabotage and fomenting trouble in Balochistan to discredit the government. The charges indicate that the coalition leaders are now set on a course that could take them beyond impeachment.