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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.