Musharraf's future now hung up on "immunity"

As the trajectory increases for Musharraf to resign, the key point in the negotiations now appears to be whether Musharraf will be granted immunity and allowed to stay in the country.

The great irony in this request is that the leaders of the two majority factions who have recently returned to power, both had their leaders charged with crimes and forced into something of a legal exile. So it's no wonder that Nawaz Sharif's party is now saying "no immunity."

The PPP is a little more waffling, "If a person moves to the side, we are not in the habit of bothering him. This would not be a good attitude, if someone is lying on the ground and we go aggressively against him," but that doesn't sound like a grant of immunity either. It sounds like they plan to hold prosecution continually over Musharraf's head.