Pakistan’s embattled civilian government faces a day of legal challengers, amid an ongoing crisis with the powerful milit
ary.
The Supreme Court and a commission will hold hearings, which could pave the way to unseat Yousuf Raza Gilani’s cabinet.
Separately, a vote of confidence in the government is expected later in the day in the country’s parliament.
Prime Minister Gilani says conspirators are plotting to bring down his cabinet, without specifically blaming the army.
However, correspondents say that things appear to have calmed down since this weekend’s talks between the civilian and military elites, during which Mr Gilani described the armed forces as “a pillar of the nation’s resilience and strength”.
Pakistan has suffered three military coups since independence in 1947.
