(19 Aug 08 - RV) Leaders of Pakistan’s coalition government on Tuesday set about
seeking a replacement for President Pervez Musharraf and tackling pressing economic
and security problems.
Meanwhile, at least 20 Islamist militants were killed
in a clash with Pakistani security forces near the Afghan border t, while in the volatile
northwest a bomb blast outside the emergency gate of a hospital killed at least 12
people and wounded 15 others.
Khalid Rahman is the Director of the Pakistan
Institute of Policy Studies in Islamabad. He told us that violence in the country
is one of the main challenges the new government must face...