Pakistan’s Pervez Musharraf is under assault from all sides.

George Bush demands Musharraf step up operations to curb the Taliban and Al Qaida along Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan.

Radical Islam is on the rise, out for retribution after the government’s storming of the Red Mosque.

Civil society advocates have, against all odds, won their case for the re-instatement of Pakistan’s Chief Justice, ruled illegally sacked by the President.

Musharraf must retain the support of the country’s generals if he is to retain power. But with elections scheduled for November, will the generals support the military President or a transition to civilian rule?

The president’s position is more tenuous than ever before. Will he manage to last the year?

See Paul Rogers on Pakistan.