Preserving Coalition Government Key to U.S. Objectives in Pakistan


 

Publication Date: May 2008

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Lisa Curtis

Research Area: Government; Politics

Keywords: Terrorism; National security; pakistan; taliban

Type: Brief

Coverage: Pakistan

Abstract:

A power struggle is underway between Pakistan People's Party (PPP) co-chairman (and widower of Benazir Bhutto) Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan Muslim League/Nawaz (PML/N) leader Nawaz Sharif, and President Pervez Musharraf. This struggle threatens to unravel the newly elected coalition government and plunge Pakistan back into political chaos.