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| | Strange Bedfellows |
 | | n February 28, 1988, just three months before his unceremonious dismissal, former prime minister, Muhammad Khan Junejo, asked military dictator Zia-ul-Haq to relieve him from an embarrassing predicament by resigning as army chief, citing a conflict of interest in their roles. |
 | | For the moment it appears that Jamali is not unwilling to work on President Musharraf's terms, but unlike Junejo who kept the defence ministry to himself, Jamali has chosen to appoint Rao Sikandar Iqbal, a defector from PPP, as senior minister of defence - a position equal in importance to that of deputy prime minister. |
 | | Will Jamali be able to retain a hold over his 21-member federal cabinet, which includes six of the 10 MNAs of the PPP forward block, former opposition party loyalists, and politicians suspected of corruption? |
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