Judges purged by Pervez Musharraf to protect his disputed presidency will return to their posts "with dignity, respect and honor," a leader of Pakistan's new government said Friday.
Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's forecast came a day after Pakistani leaders reported progress in talks on how to restore the judges, signaling they had fended off a crisis that threatened to break up the month-old coalition government reported AP.
They did not announce a final accord on the matter, but details of the talks were promised by Friday.
Musharraf ousted some 60 senior judges - including then Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry - when he imposed a state of emergency in November to stop legal challenges to his re-election as president.