It is important to note these protests are being carried out by lawyers, politicians, and other middle class activists. Zardari is merely a US supported puppet who is removing vast amounts of revenue from the treasury. Politically bullying Nawaz Sharif and the opposition is not going resolve anything, and in fact will give Sharif more credibility. Chief Justice Muhammad Iftikhar Choudry was removed by Musharraf under the orders of the Americans because he was demanding the government to try political opponents and kidnapped civilians in the courts to justify detaining or handing them over to the Americans. The fact is the Americans thought they could please the populace by changing the face of the head of Pakistan, but it turned out that Zardari is more hated than Musharraf ever was. Musharraf, atleast, carried out economic projects for Pakistan and curtailed corruption in his government, Zardari openly steals the peoples' money. The underlying cause is American interference in Pakistan. America is trying to destroy Pakistan from within, and now everyone knows this. The people are not naive, they have heard everything Obama has stated and how Zardari has allowed US drones to take off from Pakistani airbases to attack its own civilians. The scandal is over, Zardari is going to go because he has been unmasked as a US puppet. Massive demonstrations in Lahore, Peshawar, Multan, Pindi, and Karachi are taking place as we speak. All Pakistani people, lawyers, doctors, journalists, politicians, army generals, and common people are protesting the hijacking of their country by the US.