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.