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Pakistan Party Leader, Aides to Discuss Future of Cracking Coalition Government Thursday 15th May, 2008 7 Pakistan party leader, aides to discuss future of cracking coalition government SLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The head The delay has added to rising uncer- However, Sharif has said his party will latter led by Bhutto before she was killed in of Pakistan's main ruling party planned tainty over the Pakistani government's not join the opposition and will continue December - have long been rivals in Ito confer with aides Wednesday on ability to function at a time of growing backing Zardari's party on an issue-to-issue Pakistani politics. But both consider whether to accept Cabinet resignations economic distress and continuing Islamic basis. He said he did not want to destabilize Musharraf a nemesis, although Zardari from a key partner in the country's disinte- militancy in the largely impoverished the government, which could boost has indicated he is more willing to work grating six-week-old coalition government. nation. Musharraf. with the president than Sharif. Nine ministers from the party of ex- The coalition came to power just six Zardari, who returned to Pakistan from Musharraf, who ousted Sharif from Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif submitted weeks ago after Zardari and Sharif's par- Dubai overnight, told reporters at the power in a 1999 military coup, deposed their resignations Tuesday after talks ties routed allies of Musharraf in Islamabad airport that he would decide on some 60 judges in November to avoid legal failed between the two main coalition part- February elections. Both agreed to rein- the resignations after consulting lawmak- challenges to his presidency. ners on reinstating judges fired by common state the judges, but they have not resolved ers from his party. Sharif has demanded outright restora- rival President Pervez Musharraf. a complex legal and political dispute over Zardari spokesman Farhatullah Babar tion of the judges. He insists a parliamen- Pakistan's former Prime Minister But Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani exactly how. told The Associated Press that the meetings tary resolution and a simple order from the Nawaz Sharif waves to supporter declined to accept the resignations until he Top Sharif aide Chaudhry Nisar Ali Wednesday would also include updates on government would be enough to bring as he leaves after filing his nomi- met with his party's leader, Asif Ali Khan said Tuesday he and other ministers the overall political situation. Zardari them back. nation papers at a local court for Zardari, the widower and political succes- told Gilani their resignations should be planned to hold a news conference But Zardari's party has linked their the upcoming by-elections in Lahore, Pakistan on Tuesday, May sor of slain ex-Prime Minister Benazir treated as final and that they would not Wednesday evening. reinstatement to a broader package of judi- 13, 2008. Bhutto. return to work. The parties of Sharif and Zardari - the cial reform. Government agrees on role for Islamic law in northwest Pakistan courts PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - The government has agreed to let judges con- sider advice from Islamic scholars in parts of Pakistan's troubled northwest, a bid to address demands of militants engaged in peace talks. The new Pakistani government's efforts to negotiate with militants come as violence in the northwest, parts of which are a haven for Taliban and al-Qaida- linked fighters, has subsided but not dis- appeared. On Wednesday, suspected militants killed a man they accused of spying for the United States, while authorities found the body of a policeman, officials said. Provincial officials negotiating with representatives of militant leader Maulana Fazlullah said Tuesday they had agreed in principle to implement previously draft- ed regulations allowing Islamic scholars to offer guidance to judges in the Malakand and Swat areas. The decision did not specify the extent to which Islamic law would be pro- moted or required in courts, and officials said they would work out details later. "We are not introducing any new law," said Afrasiab Khattak, a senior offi- cial of the North West Frontier Province's ruling Awami National Party. "These will be same courts like anywhere in Pakistan, headed by normal civil and dis- trict judges." The agreement is to be implemented in a month. The peace talks with Fazlullah's rep- resentatives yielded a cease-fire declara- tion, but other militant demands - such as the withdrawal of the army and release of prisoners - were to be discussed further. U.S. officials have complained such peace deals give militants time to build strength. But Pakistan's new government, elected in February, says past deals foundered in part because the previous government led by allies of President Pervez Musharraf lacked popular back- ing. Many militants in Pakistan's north- west - parts of which are semi- autonomous tribal areas - are determined to drive U.S. and other foreign troops out of neighboring Afghanistan, and Washington supported Musharraf in his policy of military confrontation. Last year, Fazlullah's armed followers grabbed control of much of the Swat val- ley, once a tourist destination. Pakistan's army responded with a military operation that drove militants to the mountains and left scores dead. 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