Pakistan's PM reassures political crisis has eased
By Chris Allbritton
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A political crisis in the past three months that has seen the worst tension between Pakistan's government and military since a coup in 1999 appears to have eased -- for now -- with a delicate balance of power re-established, observers said.
The latest sign of a thaw was in snowy Davos, Switzerland, where Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani again backed away from critical remarks earlier this month that the military had acted "unconstitutionally" by supporting a top court-led investigation into a mysterious memo.
"There is no intention of the military to have a coup in the country because they also want stability in the country," Gilani told reporters in Davos on Saturday.
"They want democracy in the country and they want to strengthen the country."
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