The office of president used to be an administrative position only, until Musharraf took over. He expanded the presidenty's powers to be able to dissolve the supreme court, parliament and prime minister at any time and declare martial law at will, essentially a dictatorship.
Zardari took over the presidency promising to return the presidency to its prior status and allow the prime minister and parliament to rule Pakistan by the old plurality system overseen by the supreme court.
This move of handing over the nuclear keys to a more secure civilian command continues that process. Eventually, the presidency will be of little use to military strongmen and their coup d'etat urges. Also, the parliament will then be the primary forum for political debate, lessening the criticism and distrust of the military.
I do not think that these missile sites are secure. Many of the commanders are already been "radicalized" and support the Taliban. Many of these missile sites are located in the Punjab where more radicalized Islamists are located. Too bad we cannot post the New Yorker article which scared the s#hit out of me how far the Pakistani government hates the U.S.These are all the missile and places where nuclear material are located
