And about time! As I predicted a few weeks ago the PML will fall apart if it's greedy leadership joins the GDA and PPP in an alliance against the government.
Its good to see some principled PML leaders stand out against an alliance with the PPP. Maybe they will be part of a future government that the CE sets up?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/wor...00/1032134.stm
Rift grows in Sharif party
A rift within the party of ousted Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif has intensified with dissidents invading the party HQ in Islamabad.
About 300 supporters of a Pakistan Muslim League (PML) faction opposed to Mr Sharif entered the building armed with sticks.
They ripped pictures of the former prime minister from the wall, and set fire to them.
They also put up banners opposing a plan by some party leaders to merge with an opposition alliance.
Police were called and cordoned off the area around the building, but said they would not intervene in what was an internal party matter.
Mr Sharif has been in jail since being overthrown by the military last year.
He is serving a life sentence for hijacking and terrorism, and has also been barred from holding political office.
Opposition alliance
The party was due to hold a meeting to discuss a proposal to join an opposition alliance against the military government when it was invaded.
The meeting had to be moved to the house of Mrs Sharif's wife, Begum Kulsoom.
Mrs Sharif has accused those opposing her of playing into the hands of the military.
Last week, leading PML members decided to join the opposition Grand Democratic Alliance at an informal meeting chaired by the party's chief co-ordinator, Raja Zafarul Haq, and attended by Mrs Sharif.
However, those opposed to the idea had not been invited or had stayed away.
They are unhappy about joining an alliance spearheaded by Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party - a long-standing rival of Mr Sharif's Muslim League.
Correspondents say signs of differences within the PML began to emerge almost as soon as Mr Sharif was overthrown last year, with some party members calling for an acting party president to be appointed.
The rift has grown since then, with some members unhappy about the increasing influence of Mrs Sharif over the party's affairs.
Its good to see some principled PML leaders stand out against an alliance with the PPP. Maybe they will be part of a future government that the CE sets up?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/wor...00/1032134.stm
Rift grows in Sharif party
A rift within the party of ousted Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif has intensified with dissidents invading the party HQ in Islamabad.
About 300 supporters of a Pakistan Muslim League (PML) faction opposed to Mr Sharif entered the building armed with sticks.
They ripped pictures of the former prime minister from the wall, and set fire to them.
They also put up banners opposing a plan by some party leaders to merge with an opposition alliance.
Police were called and cordoned off the area around the building, but said they would not intervene in what was an internal party matter.
Mr Sharif has been in jail since being overthrown by the military last year.
He is serving a life sentence for hijacking and terrorism, and has also been barred from holding political office.
Opposition alliance
The party was due to hold a meeting to discuss a proposal to join an opposition alliance against the military government when it was invaded.
The meeting had to be moved to the house of Mrs Sharif's wife, Begum Kulsoom.
Mrs Sharif has accused those opposing her of playing into the hands of the military.
Last week, leading PML members decided to join the opposition Grand Democratic Alliance at an informal meeting chaired by the party's chief co-ordinator, Raja Zafarul Haq, and attended by Mrs Sharif.
However, those opposed to the idea had not been invited or had stayed away.
They are unhappy about joining an alliance spearheaded by Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party - a long-standing rival of Mr Sharif's Muslim League.
Correspondents say signs of differences within the PML began to emerge almost as soon as Mr Sharif was overthrown last year, with some party members calling for an acting party president to be appointed.
The rift has grown since then, with some members unhappy about the increasing influence of Mrs Sharif over the party's affairs.
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