[the Real fifi]

He is a heroic figure in Pakistan, and it is a measure of Musharraf's courage that he has removed this man from his post and is proceeding against him.

[zarf]

Courage?! The ragheads are trying to whack him (they've just come close twice)and this is simply a "what have I got to lose" desperation move.

[JasonC]

"at the behest of key military figures within the Pakistani establishment"

Of course it was. Musharraf is giving himself plausible deniability, but the Pakistani government of the day approved every stitch of it, you can bet anything on it.