Pakistan's two main ruling coalition parties, the PPP (Pakistan Peoples Party) and the PML-N (Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz), held talks on Saturday in Lahore to resolve deepening tensions threatening their governing alliance. The PPP accused the PML-N-led government of failing to address inflation, rising fuel prices, power outages, and an unresolved farming crisis, while the PML-N countered that the PPP was behaving like an opposition party by exploiting public grievances for political gain. Though the meeting was reportedly tense, both sides agreed to meet more regularly and honour previous commitments, as they recognise their alliance is essential to maintaining the government's two-thirds parliamentary majority.