{"id":60626,"date":"2024-02-16T01:55:04","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T01:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/coalition-govts-part-of-parliamentary-system-says-us-state-dept\/"},"modified":"2024-02-16T01:55:04","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T01:55:04","slug":"coalition-govts-part-of-parliamentary-system-says-us-state-dept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/coalition-govts-part-of-parliamentary-system-says-us-state-dept\/","title":{"rendered":"Coalition govts part of parliamentary system, says US State Dept"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>WASHINGTON: The US State Department emph\u00ad\u00adasised on Wednesday that the formation of a coalit\u00adion government in Pakis\u00adtan aligned with the British parliamentary system, asserting that efforts in this regard remain an internal matter for the country.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to a question about the efforts in Pakistan to form a coalition excluding the PTI, spokesperson Matthew Miller said: \u201cThat is ultimately an internal matter, you see this in a number of countries that have parliamentary system of government where no party has established a majority. You see the kind of coalition that are formed.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1813756\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The United States, he said, could not take position on this because \u201cultimately that is not the decision for the US to make, its the decision for Pakistan to make.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Responding to another question about alleged irregularities in the Feb. 8 elections, Mr Miller said: \u201cWe have called for those allegations to be investigated, we think that\u2019s the appropriate step to take.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the US official also endorsed the elections, saying: \u201cIt\u2019s clear that the elections in Pakistan were competitive and we look forward to working with the government, once it\u2019s formed, that the people of Pakistan elected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a Tuesday news briefing, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre had said that Presi\u00addent Joe Biden was aware of the fact that independent candidates won a majority of seats in Pakistan\u2019s elections.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the US Co\u00ad\u00aduncil on Foreign Relations (CFR) warned on Wednes\u00adday that without the full participation of the Pakis\u00adtan Peoples Party (PPP), the country\u2019s proposed coalition government may collapse within months.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  w-full  w-full  media--stretch  \">\n<\/figure>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/CFR_org\/status\/1757806538670919888)<\/p>\n<p>The influential Wash\u00adington think tank also underscored the enormity of challenges facing Pak\u00adistan, including severe economic problems, energy shortages, negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF),  ongoing terrorism threats, and spillover from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>It cautioned that a weak coalition would be ill-equipped to address these issues, leading to growing public unrest against the establishment and the government.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, a report by the International Consor\u00adtium of Investigative Journa\u00adlists (ICIJ), highlighted that the contentious nature of these polls, marked by allegations of rigging and political uncertainty, were unlikely to bring stability to the nation of over 240 million.<\/p>\n<p>Shuja Nawaz, the founding director of the Atlantic Council\u2019s South Asia  Centre, expressed optimism in the ICIJ report about the election.<\/p>\n<p><em>Published in Dawn, February 15th, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON: The US State Department emph\u00ad\u00adasised on Wednesday that the formation of a coalit\u00adion government in Pakis\u00adtan aligned with the British parliamentary system, asserting that efforts in this regard remain an internal matter for the country. Responding to a question about the efforts in Pakistan to form a coalition excluding the PTI, spokesperson Matthew Miller [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60627,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.dawn.com\/large\/2024\/02\/15111136635bca7.png?r=111621","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}