16 March,2009 05:23 AM IST | | PTI
Pakistan's deposed Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry is expected to be reinstated to his position a part of steps to be taken by the ruling PPP to end a confrontation with the opposition PML- N that had triggered a major political crisis.
The decision to reinstate Chaudhry, who was sacked when former military ruler Parvez Musharraf imposed emergency in November 2007, was taken during a meeting between President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani early this morning.
PML-N spokesman Siddique-ul-Farooq told reporters that his party had been informed that Chaudhry was being reinstated through an executive order.
The decision was expected to be announced by Gilani during an address to the nation.
The move came after former prime minister and PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif defied restrictions imposed on him and led thousands of his supporters in Lahore to join a long march organised by lawyers and opposition parties to press the Pakistan People's Party-led government to restore the deposed judges.
