May 10, 2008	Saturday	Jamadi-ul-Awwal 4, 1429

ISLAMABAD, May 9: PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif has convened a joint meeting of the party’s Central Working Committee and parliamentary group on May 12.

Talking to Dawn on Friday, PML-N spokesman Siddiqul Farooque said the meeting would decide the party’s line of action in case deposed judges of the superior courts were not reinstated by the May 12 deadline and negotiations between leaders of the PML-N and PPP in London failed to resolve the issue.

Mr Farooque said the PML-N had already announced that its ministers would quit the cabinet in case the judges were not reinstated to Nov 2, 2007 position.

He said there was a possibility that the meeting might recommend withdrawal of the PML-N ministers from the cabinet.

Mr Farooque said the PML-N would quit the cabinet, but would not become a part of any move to destabilise the PPP government.

However, he said, if the judges were not reinstated the PML-N would join the nation, the civil society and lawyers’ community as the party had made a commitment on the issue.

“There is a possibility that if we fail to utilise parliament for resolving the judges’ issue the party will have no option but to join the civil society and lawyers’ movement and then streets may play the major role,” he said.

Mr Farooque said the deadline was still 96 hours away and “we should believe that the coalition partners will unanimously take concrete steps to fulfil their commitment as the judges’ issue has put our credibility at stake”.