Musharraf blow as rivals agree to form coalition govt

Pakistan’s hard-line Islamic parties have reached an agreement with a bloc of pro-democracy parties to form a coalition government and choose the next prime minister.

Pakistan’s hard-line Islamic parties have reached an agreement with a block of pro-democracy parties to form a coalition government and choose the next prime minister.

The parties said they would announce their choice for prime minister later today, but officials in both camps say the top spot would likely go to Fazl-ur Rahman, the head of Jamiat-e-ulema Islam, or Party of Islamic clerics.