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The leaders of the two parties that won Pakistan's elections have signed an agreement on a coalition government. | |
Asif Ali Zardari, widower of ex-premier Benazir Bhutto, and ex-PM Nawaz Sharif called on President Pervez Musharraf to convene parliament immediately. | |
February's parliamentary elections delivered a crushing defeat to parties loyal to President Pervez Musharraf. | February's parliamentary elections delivered a crushing defeat to parties loyal to President Pervez Musharraf. |
Mr Musharraf has urged the incoming government to leave politics aside and concentrate on good governance. | |
The coalition deal will bring together the Pakistan People's Party, which was led by Benazir Bhutto until her assassination, and the PML(N) party of Mr Sharif. | The coalition deal will bring together the Pakistan People's Party, which was led by Benazir Bhutto until her assassination, and the PML(N) party of Mr Sharif. |
Mr Sharif has consistently called for the president to step down in the wake of the elections, which were regarded as a key step in Pakistan's transition from military to civilian rule. | Mr Sharif has consistently called for the president to step down in the wake of the elections, which were regarded as a key step in Pakistan's transition from military to civilian rule. |
Mr Zardari and Mr Sharif told a news conference they had agreed to vote to restore judges from the Supreme Court and high courts ousted by President Pervez Musharraf in November. | |
Such a move would further cloud Mr Musharraf's political future. | |
"It was also agreed that the PML(N) shall be part of the federal cabinet," Mr Sharif told the news conference in the resort of Murree. | |
Benazir Bhutto was killed in a suicide attack in the garrison city of Rawalpindi on 27 December, causing the elections to be delayed |