Yousuf Raza Gilani, Pakistan’s embattled prime minister, has said conspirators were plotting to bring down his government, delivering an unprecedented tirade against the country’s powerful military.
Without directly naming the military, Gilani said on Thursday that certain institutions were behaving like a state within a state and warned that everyone should obey the elected parliament…
Gilani’s outburst comes at a time when the government is being increasingly isolated over a letter allegedly written by former envoy to Washington Husain Haqqani, asking the US to help avert a military coup in Pakistan after the killing of Osama bin Laden… (more)
