Pakistan Governing Coalition Takes Shape

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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf suspended the country's Chief Justice on corruption charges one year ago – spurring a nation-wide movement of lawyers and civil society demanding judicial independence.  A year from that fateful day Sunday, victorious opposition parties from February's elections announced a power-sharing agreement that promises to restore both the Chief Justice and the other judges removed by Musharraf in his November coup. After months of turmoil and struggle, many hope that the new coalition government will address some of Pakistan's most significant problems including – for the first time in Pakistan's history – undoing an unconstitutional act by a military ruler. FSRN's Devin Theriot-Orr reports.