Political Considerations Force Retreat On Fuel Price Increase

The reversal was one of several demands made by one of the government's electoral coalition partners - the Pakistani Muslim League (PML-N), led by former PM Nawaz Sharif. On January 2, Gilani's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) lost the support of another coalition partner, the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM), as a result of opposition to the fuel-prices rise.

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