Shehbaz gathers allies to 'repair cracks'.

ISLAMABAD -- As some cracks reportedly started appearing in the ruling coalition, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday gathered his allies in a bid to keep them united on important decisions for stabilising the crippling economy, and hoped for 'better days to come'.

The prime minister hosted a dinner for leaders of all the coalition parties at the Prime Minister House wherein he vowed to jointly lift the country from the unprecedented economic decline and political instability.

The coalition government was formed on April 10 when the parties, which were then in the opposition, had managed to topple the previous Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) regime through a no-confidence resolution in the National Assembly.

'The coalition will definitely bring a change in its 14-month rule. We will work with determination to transform the country into Quaid-i-Azam's Pakistan,' he vowed.

Interestingly, some leaders of the allied parties in the National Assembly on Monday criticised the government's decisions and claimed they were not being taken on board in important decision making.

On the one hand, PM Sharif gave hope to the people of 'good days', while on the other he hinted at no immediate relief to the inflation-hit masses. He revealed that electricity loadshedding will increase in July since the government could not import liquefied natural gas (LNG) for power generation as European countries had already purchased LNG cargoes due to the global oil crisis.

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