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| Pakistani PM vows to fight terror | Pakistani PM vows to fight terror |
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| Pakistan's new Prime Minister, Yusuf Raza Gillani, has told parliament in Islamabad that his top priority will be the fight against terrorism. | Pakistan's new Prime Minister, Yusuf Raza Gillani, has told parliament in Islamabad that his top priority will be the fight against terrorism. |
| Setting out plans for the first 100 days of his coalition government, he told MPs that "terrorism and extremism" were the country's "greatest problems". | Setting out plans for the first 100 days of his coalition government, he told MPs that "terrorism and extremism" were the country's "greatest problems". |
| The National Assembly endorsed him without a vote of confidence. | The National Assembly endorsed him without a vote of confidence. |
| Mr Gillani is a member of the Pakistan People's Party, whose leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in December. | Mr Gillani is a member of the Pakistan People's Party, whose leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in December. |
| He was sworn in as prime minister on Tuesday at the head of a coalition between the PPP and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). | He was sworn in as prime minister on Tuesday at the head of a coalition between the PPP and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). |
| The parties' success in the 18 February general election was seen as a blow to President Pervez Musharraf. | The parties' success in the 18 February general election was seen as a blow to President Pervez Musharraf. |
| "It is our first priority to bring peace to the country and fight terrorism," Mr Gillani told parliament. | "It is our first priority to bring peace to the country and fight terrorism," Mr Gillani told parliament. |
| The government, he added, was willing to talk to militants who laid down their arms. | The government, he added, was willing to talk to militants who laid down their arms. |
| Judges freed | |
| After being approved by parliament on Monday, Mr Gillani's first move was to order the release of top judges detained when President Musharraf imposed emergency rule in November. | |
| Iftikhar Chaudhry has been free to leave his home in Islamabad The judges were dismissed just before they were due to decide on the legality of the president's re-election last year. | |
| Dozens of judges were released during the week, including the deposed chief justice, Iftikhar Chaudhry, who had been under house arrest in Islamabad. | |
| It is the first time in 12 years that the PPP heads a government. | |
| Correspondents say Mr Gillani is much admired within the party for refusing to switch sides and do any deals with President Musharraf. | |
| He was sent to jail in 2001, serving five years following a conviction over illegal government appointments. | |
| The sentence was passed by an anti-corruption court formed by President Musharraf. | |
| The president's opponents say it was a means of intimidating and coercing their members to join his government. |