ISLAMABAD - The office of Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari announced a package of concessions to main opposition leader Nawaz Sharif on Saturday following a two-week political stand-off. The decisions were taken during a meeting between Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Zardari late Saturday, it said in a statement.| So he's only going to take 5% from now on ... |
The president and prime minister also agreed that a dispute over the restoration of judges sacked under emergency rule in 2007 “would be resolved in accordance with the principles laid down in the charter of democracy”. That document, signed by Zardari’s widow, assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, and Sharif in 2006, pledged to restore democracy, avoid confrontation and abolish the role of the military in politics.