PAKISTAN: Opposition parties pledge coalition

Updated February 26, 2008 16:49:31

They were once bitter rivals but now two of the driving forces in Pakistani politics are pledging to work together. The two opposition leaders - former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and the widowed husband of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, Asif Ali Zardari - have announced they'll form a coalition government.

Presenter: Sen Lam
Speakers: Christopher Snedden, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Deakin University