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Pakistan parties agree coalition
AGENCIES, BHURBAN
Monday, Mar 10, 2008, Page 5
Pakistan's election winners sealed an agreement yesterday to form a coalition government and said parliament would restore judges ousted by President Pervez Musharraf.
Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif said yesterday he would join the late Benazir Bhutto's party in a coalition, raising the prospect of a government hostile to Musharraf.
Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) won the most seats in a Feb. 18 general election but not enough to rule alone.
Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), or PML (N), party came second and while it had promised to support the PPP, Sharif had not previously confirmed his party would join the PPP in forming a government.
The agreement would appear to dash any hope that Musharraf might have had that the party that backs him, the Pakistan Muslim League, which came a poor third in the election, might join a coalition.
The PML (N) and PPP also agreed to restore judges who Musharraf dismissed when he imposed emergency rule in November.
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