Over the weekend there was political tumult in Pakistan: Nawaz Sharif and Asif Zardari are at odds over what to do with former Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry.Sharif's political base is the group of lawyers who have been angered, all along, by Chaudhry having been deposed (impeached?) by the Musharraf government.
Evidently, under the threat of a major protest, Zardari has decided to reinstate Chaudhry to the Supreme Court:
"The Pakistani government agreed early on Monday to reinstate the independent-minded former chief justice of the Supreme Court, a stunning concession to Sharif, who had been heading toward the capital in a convoy threatening to stage a mass protest over the issue after he broke free from house arrest at his residence near Lahore."137. When did the relationship between Zardari and Sharif break down? I thought they were more or less getting along and I seem to recall a smiling picture (from last summer?) in which Sharif is congratulating Zardari for his election as President.
