“If he resigns ahead of the impeachment motion being moved in parliament, the PPP-led ruling coalition will give him safe passage,” a senior leader of the opposition PML-Q was quoted as saying by The Daily Times newspaper.

Stepping up its attack on Musharraf, ruling PPP chief declared that the President was a “guest for a few days” and was confident that the powerful army and the ISI will not interfere with the impeachment move.

“The army belongs to me, the ISI belongs to me. We are the government in power. I am the people of Pakistan (and these institutions belong) to the people of Pakistan,” an aggressive Asif Ali Zardari said, adding as soon as the new President takes oath, he will abolish Article 58(2b) of Constitution that empowers the President to dissolve the Parliament.

If the ruling coalition succeeds in getting two-thirds majority in a combined sitting of the National Assembly and the Senate to topple the President, it would be the first in Pakistan’s 61-year history.