By Xinhua,
Islamabad : The first round of crucial talks aimed at resolving the judiciary issue has ended in Dubai between Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari and Chief of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Mian Nawaz Sharif, local newspaper The News reported Wednesday.
Both parties agreed to keep their coalition intact like before. However, no decision has been made with regard to the deadline of judges’ restoration, the report said.
The two parties met Monday in Dubai in a bid to work out a way to restore the judges who were sacked after Nov. 3, 2007 when President Pervez Musharraf declared a state of emergency in the country.
The PPP claimed that a constitutional package which would fix the tenure of office Chief Justice of the Supreme Court would go with the resolution to restore the judges. However, the PML-N insisted that the reinstatement of judges should not be linked with the constitutional package. Thus talks failed on Tuesday.
Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday evening flew to Dubai for talks with Zardari to settle the judiciary issue.
Before his departure to Dubai, Sharif said that the deadline for the restoration would expire on April 30.
The PPP and PML-N on March 9 made a joint declaration in Murree of Rawalpindi. According to the Murree Declaration, the two parties agreed to form a coalition government in the center and reinstate the deposed judges within 30 days since the formation of the government.
The second round of negotiations is underway, according to The News.