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Tuesday, May 13, 2008
US seeks formula to restore judges
LAHORE: The United States intervened in the country’s political crisis on Sunday, delivering a strong message of concern over political infighting. According to a report published in The Globe and Mail on Monday, US Assistance Secretary of State Richard Boucher met both PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari and PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif in London to try to agree on a formula for the restoration of the judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf in November 2007. US officials denied that Boucher was mediating on the issue, but Western diplomats have said that he expressed deep frustration over the way the country’s government has entangled itself in a constitutional wrangle, neglecting other pressing issues. “The message is, ‘Get on with it’,” one diplomat said. “There’s a major energy crisis, food price [increases] and terrorism.” daily times monitor
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