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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail Yahoo! Search Search: Sign InNew User? Sign Up News Home - Help Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Secondary Navigation Australia China India Indonesia Japan Malaysia Philippines Thailand Vietnam Search Search: Pakistani leaders reconcile as top judge reinstated Reuters - Monday, March 23 By Augustine Anthony ADVERTISEMENT ISLAMABAD - Pakistani opposition leader Nawaz Sharif welcomed a call for reconciliation from President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday, a week after the government averted a political crisis by restoring the country's top judge. While the reinstatement of Iftikhar Chaudhry as Supreme Court chief justice defused the crisis, tensions have lingered on expectations of a power struggle between pro-West Zardari and Sharif, starting with a battle for control of Punjab province. Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani sought to allay those fears when he met with Sharif. "The Prime Minister has given a message by President, which I think is welcomed," Sharif told a joint news conference with Gilani at the opposition leader's residence outside the eastern city of Lahore. "I think it is need of the time, it's the need of Pakistan and in line with the aspiration of the people," Sharif said. Zardari, elected by parliament six months ago, reluctantly reinstated Chaudhry after a mass protest organised by lawyers and led by Sharif, a politician who appeals to conservative religious, nationalist sentiments. The army, the United States and Britain helped convince Zardari to compromise amid fears that violence would escalate. Sharif has become the most popular politician in Pakistan, partly because of his staunch support for Chaudhry, who became a cause celebre after then-president and army chief General Pervez Musharraf fired him in November 2007 fearing that the judge would spoil his plan to hold on to power. Western allies worry that any political disorder in nuclear-armed Pakistan would help al Qaeda, the Taliban and other militant groups deepen their presence in the Muslim nation of 170 million people. The meeting between Gilani and Sharif showed both sides had withdrawn from confrontation, and were communicating once more. "As far as the reconciliation is concerned, we are moving towards it and there will be no obstacle in it," Gilani said. The government has asked the Supreme Court to suspend a ruling on February 25 that disqualified Sharif and his brother, Shahbaz Sharif, from holding elected office. That ruling, handed down late last month, had prompted Zardari to impose central rule over Punjab province, ousting the provincial government led by Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League party. Gilani said he wanted to end central, or governor's, rule in Punjab, the most populous and influential of Pakistan's four provinces, and let whichever party had a majority form a new government there. Sharif said the next steps forward should include implementation of a "Charter for Democracy" that he and fellow former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, Zardari's late wife, had agreed in 2006, a year before their return from exile. Sharif also reiterated his call for changes in the constitution, to remove sweeping presidential powers and strengthen the role of parliament and the prime minister. In Islamabad, hundreds of jubilant lawyers and political and rights activists gathered outside Chaudhry's residence for a flag-hoisting ceremony to mark his formal reinstatement as Supreme Court chief justice on Sunday. On Tuesday, he will return to the Supreme Court he was evicted from on the night of November 3, 2007, when Musharraf declared emergency rule. Email Story IM Story Printable View Blog This Recommend this article Average (0 votes) Sign in to recommend this article » Most Recommended Stories » Related Articles: Asia Pacific Pakistani leaders reconcile as top judge reinstatedReuters - Monday, March 23 After turmoil, Pakistan reinstates chief justiceAFP - Monday, March 23 Japanese military assumes more global roleAP - Monday, March 23 Seven hurt in Philippines blast: policeAFP - Monday, March 23 More than 1,100 civilians escape S.Lanka war zoneAFP - Monday, March 23 Most Popular – Asia Pacific Viewed Prince Charles blue over green crusade British reality TV star Jade Goody dies of cancer Madoff loses bail appeal as victims' rage revealed Opel boss hints at closing German plants Arrest warrant issued for Lindsay Lohan View Complete List » Search: Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Copyright © 2009 Yahoo! Southeast Asia Pte Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - Community - Intellectual Property Rights Policy - Help

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