Pakistan in trouble

There's alot going on around the world today, but it shouldn't be missed that in Pakistan Nawaz Sharif's party resigned its cabinet positions, "a step short of leaving the coalition and the collapse of the government altogether."

This is not a collapse or a return of Musharraf or the Islamists, but it does mean that the PPP is now going to be significantly weakened as it tries to rule in the minority, negotiating issue by issue with whatever parties are available.

So, short version, Pakistan, really weak central government which likely means that control over the military and Islamist areas will be weakened even further. (WaPo has it, too.)