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Mr Nawaz Sharif has summoned an important meeting of his party 12 May after talks to reinstate sacked judges failed, putting the ruling coalition in danger. - PHOTO: AFP
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ISLAMABAD - FORMER Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif called an important meeting of his party on Monday after talks to reinstate judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf failed, putting the ruling coalition in danger.
Mr Sharif would hold detailed consultations with senior leaders of his Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) before announcing a future line of action, senior party leader Raja Zafarul Haq said.
'It is expected that our ministers may quit the government,' Mr Haq said, after Mr Sharif held a preliminary meeting with some close aides on his return from London.
Mr Sharif called Monday's meeting after negotiations in London with his coalition partner Asif Ali Zardari, co-chairman of slain former premier Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party (PPP), failed to bridge their differences over the judges' issue.
Mr Sharif wants the restoration of the judges through a parliamentary resolution while Mr Zardari says it should be through a package of constitutional reforms.
The two parties formed an alliance after defeating allies of President Musharraf in February 18 elections.
Mr Sharif had given a May 12 deadline for reinstatement of the judges fired by General Musharraf under emergency rule in Nov.
May 12 marks the first anniversary of clashes between supporters of the sacked judges and Gen Musharraf in Karachi in which some 40 people were killed. -- AFP
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