Exit Musharraf

GENERAL Musharraf’s decision to step down ahead of an imminent impeachment is welcome as it brings to an end the confrontation between the Presidency and the ruling coalition that did not appear to be relenting in its drive to oust him from power. “No chargesheet can stand against me but it is not the time for individual bravado…. In the interest of the nation, I have decided to resign,” he said in a live televised address Monday afternoon, which stretched for over an hour. And the announcement laid to rest all speculations about his contesting the charges being framed against him in the Parliament.