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| PML-N to leave cabinet but not coalition |
| 2008-05-12 |
| The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Sunday failed to reach a deal on restoring the judges sacked on November 3, and PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal said his party had no option but to quit the federal cabinet. But PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif was still optimistic that the coalition government would stay intact. Education Minister Ahsan Iqbal told Daily Times his party might decide to rejoin the cabinet after the judges were restored, but “if there is no hope that the sacked judges will be restored ... our party will quit the cabinet once and for all.” Government won’t destabilise: Emerging from a fresh round of talks also involving PML-N’s Khawaja Asif and PPP’s Rahman Malik and Hussein Haqqani, Shahbaz was optimistic that the coalition government would remain intact and said both sides were making sincere efforts to resolve the issue in an amicable way. “We will support the government issue by issue — we will not let the government destabilise,” Shahbaz said while addressing a press conference with Haqqani. “I pray we could iron out these differences and give good news to the nation tomorrow.”” |
| Posted by:Fred |