But, Ms Bhutto, knowing reasonably well those things can never happen without the knowledge of the government, demanded for the head of the ISI Chief. But, she should have known that only recently the former ISI Chief has been elevated as the Army Chief and the new ISI chief also would be a man of both the Army General as well as the President General Pervez Musharraf's affirmed loyalty. Ms Bhutto should have also known the fact that the ISI and the Al-Qaeda both work in tandem to achieve their common goal. And that common goal is to be deeply known to be understood. As far as the US leadership is concerned, they too know it. In fact, they honestly want it to go that way only. After all, the CIA and the ISI know each other's role well. In that only the incumbent US President - George W Bush can pull on his presidency till November 2008. And here lies now a point to ponder over for all the right thinking people living in this part of Asia in particular and the world leadership in general.

But the surprise of all the earlier deceptive schemes of Gen Musharraf is his latest salvo by clamping emergency that has put Pakistan now in a complete turmoil. He turned now as the worst of dictator a la the Zia-ul-Haq way and even the US is now taken by surprise. The ground reality in Pakistan is very much a cause for worry as Pakistan is a nuclear power. The hawkish Al Qaeda is placed next door and its leadership would definitely try to bank on this disturbance. India need to take all the precautions and its defence and foreign policy managers must be equally alert to tackle any situation that may eventually emerge as the fall back of the Pakistan boil up.