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Golf and bridge with his buddies, that is what Musharraf's party says the former president will do after he stepped down.

While there has been much speculation on where he could go, with reports of Musharraf seeking safe passage to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, the US and even the UK, Musharraf insists he will stay on in Pakistan.

So what does the future hold for him?

Barely a week after Pervez Musharraf resigned as President, there are virtually no signs of him on the streets of Pakistan.

Not even a poster at the headquarters of the PML-Q, the party he created.

With the focus on the crumbling ruling coalition, Pervez Musharraf is far from the media glare.

"I think he will move into his new residence which I understand has been completed in the vicinity of Islamabad. You will find him in the coffee shop of the Marriot, drinking hot chocolate on a cold December night," said Mushahid Hussain Syed, senior leader of PML-Q.

"He has a lot of friends. He will be playing bridge with his buddies, playing golf with his former military colleagues," he added.

When Musharraf leaves the Army House, his home for the last nine years, he hopes to live in a farmhouse. But the five-acre farmhouse isn't ready to receive the former president and his family.

In court, petitions have been filed accusing Musharraf of murder and constitutional violations.

However, judges handpicked by him haven't entertained a single one so far. Nawaz Sharif though is keeping up the pressure on Asif Ali Zardari to hold Musharraf accountable.

"It was also part of an agreement which was reached upon between Nawaz Sharif and Asif Zardari that there will be a follow up and that follow up will be a trial of Musharraf. There is an agreement on that. If they want to try Musharraf, they want to put him on the dock , we are game anytime," said Khwaja Asif, senior leader, PML-N.

But there's pressure from the Americans to give Musharraf a respectable exit.

With the country battling rising prices and all political attention focused on whether the six-month-old ruling coalition will survive, Musharraf can breathe easy at least for now.