It had been expected for days but evidently, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's resignation over national television has brought about a profound sense of relief that he will leave peacefully:"I don't want the people of Pakistan to slide deeper and deeper into uncertainty," Musharraf said."For the interest of the nation, I have decided to resign as president," he said. "I am not asking for anything. I will let the people of Pakistan decide my future." Musharraf has been a keen ally of the West in the fight on terror, receiving billions in military aid from the U.S. and launching attacks on militant groups near the country's border with Afghanistan.He was expected to turn in his resignation to parliament Monday. "It will be accepted, there is no second opinion about that," said Iqbal Zaffar Jhagra, the secretary general of the junior partner in the ruling coalition, the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N). Musharraf quit as the ruling coalition...(Read Full Post)