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| Pak PM: Musharraf's fate will be decided as per Constitution | | | Lahore | Apr 16
Pakistan Premier Yousuf Raza Gillani today said the fate of President Pervez Musharraf will be decided according to the Constitution while the judges deposed by him will be reinstated in the "true spirit" of an agreement reached between the PPP and PML-N in this regard.
"We will do everything according to the Constitution of Pakistan," Gillani told reporters here after a meeting with PML-N chief and former premier Nawaz Sharif, when asked about the nature of his government's relationship with Musharraf and the President's future.
Gillani, who belongs to PPP, called on Sharif and his brother Shahbaz Sharif at their Raiwind estate in Lahore after addressing a business meet. Punjab Chief Minister Dost Muhammad Khosa was also present at the meeting.
The Prime Minister said the deposed judges will be reinstated in the "true spirit" of the agreement between the PPP and the PML-N for forming the government. The accord envisages the restoration of the judges within 30 days of the formation of the government.
The top leaders of the ruling coalition PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, PML-N chief Sharif and ANP leader Asfandyar Wali Khan could not finalise a formula to reinstate the judges during a meeting held in Islamabad yesterday.
Media reports suggested that the PPP proposed at the meeting that the tenure of the chief justices of the Supreme Court and provincial High Courts should be limited to three to four years. Sharif said he would respond to the proposal after consulting his party, sources said.
The ruling coalition has also decided that judges who endorsed the emergency in 2002 and 2007 would not be considered for appointment to any constitutional posts after their retirement, the sources said. |
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