PAKISTAN

Asiantimes: US support emboldens Musharraf
KARACHI - Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf is scheduled to meet President George W Bush at Camp David on June 24 to discuss developments in South Asia, including shutting down the war theater in Kashmir, while in return Musharraf can expect full US backing for any political maneuvers he makes to retain his full powers.

These could include the division of opposition groups by offering some of them a power-sharing deal, or even the extreme measure of suspending parliament.