Pakistan PM in tight spot after court forces Punjab power transfer

Experts say confrontation threatens to paralyze Sharif's government

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Supporters of ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party celebrate outside the Supreme Court in Islamabad, after it ordered that the PTI's candidate should be made chief minister of Punjab on July 26. © Reuters

ADNAN AAMIR, Contributing writer

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's ruling coalition is on shakier ground after a week in which the country's top court forced it to hand power in Punjab, the country's most populous province, over to the opposition led by ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan.

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