COUP IN PAKISTAN?

Zardari, who was once indicted for orchestrating the sudden death of Murtaza Bhutto.

In 2009, the US ambassador to Pakistan discussed with Pakistan's army chief, General Ashfaq Kayani, the possible removal of President Asif Ali Zardari.

(Asif Ali Zardari 'determined to resist pressure to quit')

On 7 december 2011, we learn that Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari, 56, is in the American Hospital in Dubai after becoming ill, with a suspected heart attack.

The American Hospital is where Osama Bin Laden was treated, just before 911.

( OSAMA DEATH FAKE)

There are rumours that Zardari will resign.

In November 2011, Zardari's ambassador to the USA, Husain Haqqani, resigned due to a leaked memo about seeking US help to sack top military figures in Pakistan.

Allegedly, Zardari was behind a plot to weaken the power of certain Pakistani generals, including Kayani.

"Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz made public a secret memo, which he claimed he had drafted and delivered to the US military on the instructions of Husain Haqqani.

"The former envoy has denied these charges.

"The 'memogate' scandal took a new turn recently when Ijaz claimed that Haqqani and Zardari had prior knowledge of the US military raid that killed Osama bin Laden on May 2 2011."

(Asif Ali Zardari's in Dubai hospital; talks of resignation rife - World ...)

Kayani - man of mystery.

The CIA's Bruce Riedel says: "I think the bottom line here is that Pakistan is slipping into its fifth military dictatorship."

(Pakistan officials dispel 'coup' rumours as Asif Ali Zardari)

It is too early to say what exactly is going on.

Zardari may swiftly return to continue as president.

Or there may be a coup in progress, orchestrated by either the military or the CIA or both.

General Kayani is a graduate of the General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth in the US.