Lahore, Aug. 17 : Pakistan''s Law Minister Farooq H Naik is reported to have consolidated the charge sheet against President Pervez Musharraf and it is expected that the coalition leaders will take a decision on the document on Sunday,

Dawn News said that the charge sheet contains over 20 strongly worded allegations against the president. It further said that the impeachment charges include gross misconduct and violation of the constitution by the president.

Meanwhile, the government may consider giving amnesty to Musharraf if he resigns.

Washington, Aug. 17 : An American journalist has claimed that the Bush Administration abandoned former Pakistan Prime Minister and leader of the Pakistan People''s Party (PPP), Benazir Bhutto, which needed Washington the most to make her political comeback in Pakistan after more than eight years of self-imposed exile.

Lahore, Aug. 17 : Pakistan People''s Party Co-chairman Asif Zardari has said that the next president of the country may very well be a woman.

In an interview with ARY television, Zardari said President Pervez Musharraf was conspiring against the present coalition government, by giving the impression that the president was more powerful than parliament.

According to the Daily Times, he predicted that democracy would be the ultimate victor, whether Musharraf was impeached or not.

Islamabad, Aug. 17 : Security forces in Pakistan are continuing with their intense shelling of militant hideouts in the country''s remote tribal areas.

Reports from the Bajaur Tribal Agency said that shelling was taking place in Khar, Charmang, Mamoond and Slarzai areas.

Islamabad, Aug. 17 : A well known political and defence analyst, Dr Hasan-Askari Rizvi, is of the view that Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf still has options to exit gracefully from office.

In an analysis on the prevailing political conundrum in Pakistan, which appears in the Daily Times, Dr. Rizvi says the country "is undergoing a major political transformation from a centralized authoritarian Musharraf-dominated political order to democratically elected people-oriented governance."