02-20-2008, 02:04 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Sharif wants Mush to go, Zardari mum</b>
Pioneer.com
Agencies | LahoreÂ
Pakistan People's Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari and Pakistan Muslim League(N) chief Nawaz Sharif, even while indicating that they can come together to form a coalition Government at the Centre and in the four Provinces, on Tuesday expressed divergent views on two crucial issues: The reinstatement of sacked Supreme Court judges and the continuation of President Pervez Musharraf in office.
Sharif, briefing newspersons in Lahore, made it clear that he would like to see Musharraf exit office and the sacked judges, including Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry, reinstated.
In Islamabad, Zardari dodged questions on these issues and refused to give any categorical replies.
Sharif told newspersons that he would meet Zardari on Thursday, while insisting that the deposed members of the superior judiciary should be reinstated so that they can decide on the legality of Musharraf's re-election as President in October last year.
"I have already discussed this matter with Mr Asif Zardari and I told him that Pakistan's judiciary's independence is very strongly linked with its restoration. It is dependent on the restoration of the judiciary. Unless the judges are restored, the judiciary cannot attain any independence," he said.
Sharif said the PML (N) did not accept the Emergency imposed by Musharraf last year or the sacking of the judges who had not endorsed the measure. "The steps taken by Musharraf during the Emergency will have to be rolled back," he asserted
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King is making deal with another corrupt Zardari to keep Paki Army biggest enemy Sharif away from power. <!--emo&
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Pioneer.com
Agencies | LahoreÂ
Pakistan People's Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari and Pakistan Muslim League(N) chief Nawaz Sharif, even while indicating that they can come together to form a coalition Government at the Centre and in the four Provinces, on Tuesday expressed divergent views on two crucial issues: The reinstatement of sacked Supreme Court judges and the continuation of President Pervez Musharraf in office.
Sharif, briefing newspersons in Lahore, made it clear that he would like to see Musharraf exit office and the sacked judges, including Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry, reinstated.
In Islamabad, Zardari dodged questions on these issues and refused to give any categorical replies.
Sharif told newspersons that he would meet Zardari on Thursday, while insisting that the deposed members of the superior judiciary should be reinstated so that they can decide on the legality of Musharraf's re-election as President in October last year.
"I have already discussed this matter with Mr Asif Zardari and I told him that Pakistan's judiciary's independence is very strongly linked with its restoration. It is dependent on the restoration of the judiciary. Unless the judges are restored, the judiciary cannot attain any independence," he said.
Sharif said the PML (N) did not accept the Emergency imposed by Musharraf last year or the sacking of the judges who had not endorsed the measure. "The steps taken by Musharraf during the Emergency will have to be rolled back," he asserted
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King is making deal with another corrupt Zardari to keep Paki Army biggest enemy Sharif away from power. <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->