Source: The New York Times
By JANE PERLEZ

A week after the bomb attack on the Marriott Hotel here, Pakistan is struggling to deal with a financial meltdown and a terrorism threat that has moved to the nation’s heart and badly shaken confidence in the new government among Pakistanis, diplomats and investors alike.
In New York on Friday, […]

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Source: AFP
ISLAMABAD (AFP) — Nine ministers from the party of former Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif resigned Tuesday over a dispute about the reinstatement of judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf, state TV said.
The ministers from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) submitted their resignations to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani at his office in Islamabad, the […]

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Source: CBC News
Political uncertainty gripped Pakistan’s fragile coalition government Tuesday as Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani refused to accept the resignations of nine members of cabinet until his party leader returned from abroad.
Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif ordered his party members to resign from the six-week-old governing alliance because the cabinet was refusing to immediately […]

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Source: San Diego Union Tribune
Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif pulled his party from the Cabinet yesterday, raising doubts over the new government’s stability and Pakistan’s transition to democracy after eight years of military rule.
The ruling coalition that came to power after February elections – dealing a crushing defeat to allies of President Pervez Musharraf […]

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