Pakistan's Supreme Court said Tuesday it will soon begin examining an expired amnesty covering the president and key allies. The decision launches a process that could unseat the U.S.-allied leader just as the Obama administration needs stability in Islamabad to help crack down on the Taliban.
Highlighting the dangers, a suicide bomber killed an anti-Taliban lawmaker in the Swat Valley _ the latest in a series of bombings as the army presses offensives in militant strongholds close to the Afghan border.
President Asif Ali Zardari has been under mounting pressure to resign or relinquish key powers to the prime minister and assume a ceremonial role.
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