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Former Pakistani PM Renews Call to Restore Judges


Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has renewed his call to restore judges removed by President Pervez Musharraf during Pakistan's emergency rule.

During a news conference on Saturday in the country's capital, Islamabad, Sharif said the judges should be reinstated before April 30th.

Sharif, head of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party, says the deadline was set last month in an agreement with Asif Ali Zardari, the leader of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), during the formation of a ruling coalition.

President Pervez Musharraf dismissed roughly 60 of Pakistan's high court judges, including supreme court justices, when he imposed a state of emergency last November.

A committee formed by the PPP and PML-N met this week to draw up recommendations on how to re-instate the judges. Sharif and Zardari are expected to meet in the coming days to resolve any differences over the issue.

The PPP and PML-N formed a coalition government, after the parties won the most seats in Pakistan's parliamentary election in February. President Pervez Musharraf's former ruling Pakistan Muslim League party came in a distant third.

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