NEWS ROUND UP FROM PAKISTAN

• FROM INDIA: SPECULATION ABOUT WHO WILL BE THE NEW PM AND WHO WILL BE THE NEW SPEAKER.

• ANALYSIS ABOUT MUSHARRAF'S FUTURE FROM A BRIT/ARABIST HERE. EXCERPT:

The political standing of President Musharraf has plunged. He has made many errors and enemies since he led a successful military coup against the corrupt civilian government in 1999, and his opponents will tell you he is finished. I have yet to be convinced and he has one or two cards up his sleeve. It is not going to be easy to remove a recently elected president, who for the moment has real power, whose political foes have little in common, and abroad both the United States and the United Kingdom need his support in the battle against Al-Qaeda.

• THREE SAUDIS HAVE BEEN CAUGHT IN THE TRIBAL REGION OF PAKISTAN AND DEPORTED BACK THE SAUDILAND. HOME SWEET HOME. LET'S SEE IF THEY GET BEHEADED OR TREATED LIKE RETURNING HEROES; (THAT WILL SAY A LOT ABOUT THE HOUSE OF SAUD).