Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has accepted 10 demands made by the main opposition PML-N, including investigations into graft charges, to ease pressure on his coalition government that had briefly lost its majority in Parliament. The Pakistan People's Party-led government has already rolled back an unpopular fuel price hike due to pressure from the PML-N and Muttahida Qaumi Movement, which recently pulled out of the ruling coalition but subsequently returned to it last week. Gilani told a news conference last evening that he and PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif have reached an agreement on implementing the opposition party’s 10 demands. The government will work with a committee headed by senior PML-N leader Ishaq Dar to reach consensus on implementing the 10-point agenda.Gilani said he and Sharif have also reached an agreement on continuing the alliance between the PPP and PML-N in Punjab, the country's most populous and politically crucial province. The PML-N heads the government in Punjab. Gilani said, the PPP will work with all political forces to strengthen institutions, tackle corruption, revamp state-run enterprises and improve law and order.
News On AIR | January 10, 2011 10:16 AM
Pak PM accepts 10 demands made by main opposition PML-N