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| India-Pakistan |
| Gilani bows to opposition demands |
| 2011-01-10 |
| [Arab News] Pakistain's Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani bowed to 11 key opposition demands on Sunday in order to shore up his government after a week in which the ruling party briefly lost its majority in Parliament. The move was the latest sign of the beleaguered government's willingness to compromise to stay in power amid ongoing fears that the fragile ruling coalition could collapse and plunge the country into fresh crisis. Gilani telephoned former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Müslim League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf... on Sunday and assured him that his government would accept the nine-point agenda of the PML-N (Pakistain Mohammedan League-Nawaz). An official statement from the prime minister's house with a "most urgent" tag stated that Gialani telephoned Sharif and assured him of his acceptance to implement the PML-N agenda that includes implementation of Dec. 16, 2009 Supreme Court's verdict on reopening of corruption cases both in Pakistain and in Swiss courts against President Asif Ali President Ten PercentZardari ... husband of the late Benazir Bhutto, who showed remarkably little curiosity about who actually done her in ... |
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