Judges must be restored by Monday, says Sharif

Leader of Pakistan Muslim League-N Mian Nawaz Sharif has given Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) a deadline till Monday for restoration of the judges and asked PPP to tell him by tonight whether it intends to restore judges the day after tomorrow.

Addressing a press conference after a meeting with PPP delegation here, Nawaz Sharif said that he told the delegation that judges should be restored by Monday.

Nawaz informed that agreements between PPP and PML-N were hammered out on August 5 and 7 about judges’ restoration. PPP promised in one of the agreements to restore the judges within 24 hours of the resignation of former president Musharraf but it failed to fulfill the same, he added.

Regarding PML-N’s support to Zardari as candidate for president’s post, he said he will put the matter before his party.