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US, Britain Welcome End to Pakistani Crisis
Date: 3/17/2009 7:28:15 AM Sender: VOA News
US, Britain Welcome End to Pakistani Crisis  
By VOA News
17 March 2009
  

The United States and Britain have welcomed the Pakistani government＇s decision to peacefully resolve its political crisis by reinstating deposed Supreme Court justices.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the resolution a first step towards reconciliation.

British Foreign Secretary David Miliband separately praised Pakistan＇s president and opposition leader for putting the country＇s interests first.

The diplomats had urged Pakistan＇s leaders to defuse the week-long crisis, expressing concern it would divert Islamabad＇s attention from the fight against al-Qaida and the Taliban.

The Pakistani government averted a potentially volatile march on the capital Monday by bowing to opposition demands to reinstate the popular former chief justice, Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry.

Hours after the announcement, a suicide bomber killed 12 people and wounded 18 others in Rawalpindi, a garrison city just south of Islamabad.

Monday＇s political developments capped a week of high drama that included a violent crackdown on anti-government protests across Pakistan.

Opposition leader Nawaz Sharif called off the protests Monday, saying the people had won a "historic achievement."

Former chief justice Chaudhry was fired in 2007 by then-president Pervez Musharraf, after pursuing a case challenging Mr. Musharraf＇s rule. Sixty other top justices also were fired. Most have been reinstated.

Current President Asif Ali Zardari had pledged to restore Chaudhry after taking office. But he broke that promise, stirring outcry from lawyers and the opposition led by Mr. Sharif, a former prime minister.

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