Musharraf Deals With Scare

A political crisis involving Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz's pro-reform government and the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM), a regional party in Sindh province, has been averted. Differences between the MQM and the ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML) resulted in MQM ministers withdrawing from the government, on the grounds that their views were being ignored and that development projects for Karachi, capital of the Sindh province, have been neglected. A meeting between President Pervez Musharraf and governor Ishrat-ul-Ibad resolved the issue, which could have resulted in the local assembly's dissolution, reducing Aziz's government to a slim majority in the National

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