Zardari, Sharif to form government in Pakistan
Pakistan People’s Party leader Asif Ali Zardari and Pakistan Muslim League-N’s Nawaz Sharif have joined hands to form a coalition government in the country.
By TNN |
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People���s Party leader Asif Ali Zardari and Pakistan Muslim League-N���s Nawaz Sharif have joined hands to form a coalition government in the country. The coalition was formed after the two leaders met on Thursday night. Prior to the meeting, key differences existed over approach to judiciary and fate of President Pervez Musharraf.
Hours before the meeting at Zardari House in the heart of Islamabad, Sharif, chief of PML-N stepped up pressure on Zardari, co-chairman of PPP, to accede to his party���s demand for the reinstatement of deposed judges, joining hundreds of protesting lawyers and vowing to restore deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry to the Supreme Court.
Meeting face to face for the first time after the ruling PML-Q that backs Musharraf was roundly defeated at the recent parliamentary polls, Zardari and Sharif ��� once bitter rivals ��� were expected to push for a ���national consensus government��� that will also include smaller parties like ANP and MQM.
PPP, which emerged as the single largest party with 87 seats and Sharif���s PML-N together have 153 seats with votes counted in 258 out of 272 constituencies.
Ahead of his parleys with Zardari, Sharif was elected leader of the PML-N���s parliamentary party even though he had not contested the polls. He was also authorised by the PML-N���s central working commit-tee to hold talks on government formation.
Hours before the meeting at Zardari House in the heart of Islamabad, Sharif, chief of PML-N stepped up pressure on Zardari, co-chairman of PPP, to accede to his party���s demand for the reinstatement of deposed judges, joining hundreds of protesting lawyers and vowing to restore deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry to the Supreme Court.
Meeting face to face for the first time after the ruling PML-Q that backs Musharraf was roundly defeated at the recent parliamentary polls, Zardari and Sharif ��� once bitter rivals ��� were expected to push for a ���national consensus government��� that will also include smaller parties like ANP and MQM.
PPP, which emerged as the single largest party with 87 seats and Sharif���s PML-N together have 153 seats with votes counted in 258 out of 272 constituencies.
Ahead of his parleys with Zardari, Sharif was elected leader of the PML-N���s parliamentary party even though he had not contested the polls. He was also authorised by the PML-N���s central working commit-tee to hold talks on government formation.
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