Pakistan People's Party flirts with Imran Khan camp before elections

Shifting allegiances could shake up race as military banks on Nawaz Sharif's PML-N

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Pakistan's then-Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari attends a news conference in Russia in January, when his Pakistan People's Party belonged to a ruling coalition led by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz. © Reuters

ADNAN AAMIR, Contributing writer

ISLAMABAD -- The second-largest party in the coalition that governed Pakistan until August is crying foul over the military's apparent backing of its erstwhile partner, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), hinting that it could ally with political forces loyal to jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan instead.

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