The Bush administration, struggling to find a way to keep General Pervez Musharraf in power amid a deepening political crisis in Pakistan, is quietly prodding him to share authority with Benazir Bhutto, according to a report on the website of New York Times.General Musharraf, an important ally since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, has lost so much domestic support in recent months that American officials have gotten behind the idea that an alliance with Bhutto would be his best chance of remaining President, the report said. The report added that the two met in an unannounced session in Abu Dhabi on July 27, but neither has publicly admitted to the meeting. Since then, many in Pakistan have heard the rumors and voiced their doubts about the workability and political wisdom of such a deal, and American officials concede that the proposed power-sharing could come with problems as well as benefits.
