Abstracts of reports, editorials and opinion articles published in Pakistan's English press including Dawn, News, Nation, Daily Times, Statesman and The Frontier Post.
Daily Times, 12 May 2008
PML-N to leave cabinet but not coalition
ISLAMABAD: 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 ...
Daily Times, 12 May 2008
Editorial: National deadlock and national economy
When we read the statements of the PMLN leaders, it seems as if the May 12 deadline will pass too and the two coalition partners might thereafter be hard pressed to end their political cooperation. The PMLN has said earlier that it might leave the cabinet of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani without becoming a part of the opposition in parliament. The press, keen on 'inside stories', is anticipating more trouble as the lawyers' movement heats up and the PMLN finds it more irresistible than cooperation with the PPP government. Dissolution of the National Assembly, a ridiculous assessment, by the ...
News, 12 May 2008
Nation sinks into despair as talks on judges collapse
RAWALPINDI: The nation sank into despair as last ditch efforts by leaders of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) to honour their commitment to restore the judges by May 12 fizzled out in London on Sunday, Geo News reported. As a result, the PPP-PML-N coalition seemed to be on the verge of collapse though the final decision in this regard would be announced by PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif after his party's meeting in Pakistan on Monday ...
