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Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Thursday, 28 August 2008 |
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif says he is withdrawing his party from Pakistan's governing coalition.
Sharif said Monday that he is pulling out of the five-month-old alliance because it has failed to restore judges ousted by ex-president Pervez Musharraf. The move will likely concentrate power in the hands of the Pakistan People's party.
The People's party, the largest party in the coalition, wants to maintain the country's close ties with the United States.
The national legislature is expected to choose People's party leader Asif Ali Zardari as Musharraf's successor in a vote scheduled for Sept. 6.
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