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Pakistan's Sharif intensifies pressure over restoration of judges
Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif plans to meet ruling coalition leader Asif Al Zardari in London on Friday to discuss the restoration of ousted judges.
- Agencies
- Published: 15:32 May 9, 2008
Islamabad: Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif plans to meet ruling coalition leader Asif Al Zardari in London on Friday to discuss the restoration of ousted judges.
Pressident Pervez Musharraf removed 60 senior judges in November to stop legal challenges to his re-election efforts.
The new civilian government has promised to restore the judges, but leaders remain split over how to do it.
The party of Zardari, the widower of assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, argues that legislation or a constitutional amendment is needed.
But Sharif, his main coalition partner, said that the government can issue a simple order to bring back the judges after the passage of a parliamentary resolution slated for May 12.
"We need political will," Sharif said. "There is no need to seek any help from the law and constitution for it.
"The whole nation should march" with the judges as they head back to their offices, he said.
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