Washington, Aug. 14 : Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has reportedly been told by the Bush Administration to step down voluntarily rather than prolong an ongoing political crisis and face impeachment.

CBS News quoted high-ranking Pakistani government officials and Western diplomats as saying that American officials have told Musharraf that it is in the best interests of Pakistan to step down from office.

London, Aug 14: A British news and current affairs intelligence service has reportedly said that Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf had a bleak future ahead in his country even if he refuses to resign and survives the impeachment process, which is likely to begin Monday.

Oxford Analytica said in a commentary that the governing coalition was certain to win more seats in the forthcoming Senate elections, due by March 2009, and the government will most likely try to impeach the president again.

Lahore, Aug 14 : Despite recurrent news reports emerging from Islamabad that the Pakistan Army won’t interfere in the federal government-initiated Impeachment Process against President Pervez Musharraf, a leading US-based expert on South Asia has said that the Pakistan Army “will not like to see its former chief impeached”.

Musharraf’s impeachment would be a “bad precedent”, and that traditionally the Pakistan Army had protected its former chiefs, said Stephen Cohen, a US analyst and expert on South Asia.

He further said that Musharraf’s impeachment would distract the government from performing its major tasks, including the “war on terror”, reported the Daily Times.

Islamabad, Aug 14: Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is learnt to have refused to take a “safe passage” to mean an immediate exile out of the country following his resignation.

He is said to be insisting on guarantees from the federal government that he be allowed to stay in his newly-built house on the outer-skirts of Islamabad and given foolproof security.

Karachi, Aug 13: The resolution for the impeachment of Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, which was moved this morning in the Sindh Assembly, has been approved unanimously.

The resolution was boycotted by the opposition and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) members.

The Punjab and the North West Frontier Province assembly on Monday voted overwhelmingly in favour of Musharraf’s impeachment.

Karachi - Pakistan's ruling coalition on Wednesday dealt another blow to embattled President Pervez Musharraf as a third provincial assembly demanded his impeachment.

The 168-member assembly of the southern province of Sindh unanimously passed a resolution that demanded a vote of confidence on Musharraf in the presidential electoral college or his resignation. If neither happens, the president should be impeached by Parliament, it said.

The legislators chanted slogans of "Go, Musharraf, go!" during the session.