Zardari’s PPP to quit PML-N-led government in Punjab

Pakistan’s ruling PPP has decided to quit the PML-N-led government in Punjab province in the wake of the latter’s refusal to rejoin the federal coalition headed by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. The decision on the Pakistan People’s Party pulling out of the provincial government in Punjab was made at a meeting late last night between President Asif Ali Zardari and Gilani, presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar said. “The President, who is also the co-chair of the PPP, said a

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