Judges Divide Pakistan Allies

Eastern Eye (April 18, 2008)

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Issue: 940

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The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) of assassinated leader Benazir Bhutto signed a coalition pact last month with the party of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif after they defeated [Pervez Musharraf]'s allies in the February 18 polls.

The PPP has been less adamant on the restoration of the judges, who include the former Supreme Court chief, partly because, analysts say, the judges might take up a challenge to an amnesty Musharraf introduced in October that cleared graft cases against Bhutto, her husband Asif Ali Zardari and others.

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Judges Divide Pakistan Allies

LEADERS of Pakistan's new coalition will meet this week to settle differences over ...

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