Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has pulled his coalition back from the brink, persuading a former ally to rejoin the government.
The Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM), which walked out last Sunday, relented a day after Mr Gilani defied the IMF with a climbdown on fuel price rises.
Mr Gilani told parliament on Thursday he was scrapping last month’s 9% rise in the price of petrol and kerosene.
The prime minister had been warned he could face a no-confidence vote.
Mr Gilani’s car was showered with rose petals as he arrived to meet MQM leaders on Friday in Karachi, the capital of the southern province of Sindh.
The MQM’s change of heart comes a day after the prime minister told parliament fuel prices would be restored to the levels they were on 31 December.
His U-turn was criticised as a “mistake” by the US and by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which has been withholding part of an $11bn (£7bn) loan to Pakistan.
Source:BBC
