Pakistan’s president Pervez Musharraf cancelled his trip to the Olympic opening ceremony today faced with an opposition plot to impeach him.

Pakistan’s military leader ran up a huge majority in a presidential election largely snubbed by his opponents today.

Pakistan’s president is engaged in last-ditch talks with Benazir Bhutto, another banished former leader, about a pact that could save his troubled re-election bid – and leave Nawaz Sharif out in the cold.