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Pakistani fragile political coalition on verge of collapse as Sharif and Zardari spur over Presidency and other issues
Pakistan is plunging towards chaos. The political coalition is breaking up very fast. The two main partners of the coalition squabbles over a successor to ousted President Pervez Musharraf.
Asif Ali Zardari, head of the PPP and widower of the party's assassinated leader Benazir Bhutto, is ready to run for the presidency. But Former Prime Minster Nawaz Sharif, who heads the junior partner in the coalition, demanded the dominant Pakistan People's Party slash the president's powers before he would support its candidate.
Presidential elections by parliament were set for Sept. 6 and the political infighting is a distraction from militant violence flaring in the volatile northwest, where 37 insurgents were killed Saturday in retaliation for a string of deadly suicide bombings.
Sharif also pushed forward the deadline for restoration of dozens of judges sacked by Musharraf — another key issue dividing the two main parties since they forced the president from power less than a week ago.
Zardari, though he wants the judges reinstated, is not quite as enthusiastic. Like Musharraf, he has accused Chaudhry of being too political, and says it should be up to parliament to decide.
Analysts say he also might fear that the former chief justice would revive corruption cases killed off by Musharraf as part of a failed effort to form a pro-Western power-sharing deal with Bhutto before her assassination.
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