Islamabad, Sept. 2: Former Pakistan Prime Minister and chief of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, Nawaz Sharif, has told the former Governor Punjab Malik Ghulam Mustafa Khar that his party would not compromise on its principled stand.

According to the sources, Sharif said the nation had given the PML-N a mandate in the February 18 elections to restore the deposed judges and undo Musharraf's extra-constitutional steps.

Sharif also said that he pulled out his party from the ruling coalition because pledges and agreements were not honoured.

Islamabad, Sept 2 : The present day PPP-led government in Islamabad would not last long and may collapse before completing its tenure, said PML-N leader and former Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif. He added that he won’t make any efforts in destabalising the government.

The government will collapse much before completing its tenure if its leaders continue their policies of breaking promises and ignoring public issues, the Gulf News quoted him as saying in an interview.

Islamabad, Aug 29: PML-N leader and former Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif has said that there could be no compromise over the reinstatement of all judges, including deposed chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry. He said that the reinstatement of all judges was agreed upon between the PPP and PML-N and that it was a “solemn pledge” to each other.

In an interview with an Indian English fortnightly news tabloid, he said that even slain PPP leader Benazir Bhutto had also agreed to restoration of Iftikhar Chaudhry as the country’s chief justice.

Islamabad, Aug. 28 : Pakistan''s key coalition leadersAsif Ali Zardari and Nawaz Sharif exchanged views about the presidential elections here today.

The News quoted sources as saying that Zardari offered Sharif to rejoin the ruling coalition and asked him to withdraw Justice (retired) Saeed-uz-Zaman Siddiqui from the presidential elections, but Sharif said that things had gone to far ahead and his PML (N) is firm about restoration of all sacked judges.

Washington, Aug 28 : PML-N leader and former Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif suavely moved out of the PPP-led federal coalition after solving his purpose of getting rid of his old foe, former president Pervez Musharraf. His act was also meant to show himself as a “political martyr” for the sake of democracy, said a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) editorial.

Washington, Aug 28 : PML-N leader and former Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif has said that now since he had moved out of the PPP-led federal coalition, his party would sit in the Opposition if the country’s Prime Minister Gilani obtained a fresh vote of confidence, and would vote against it.

In a telephonic interview with a US weekly, Nawaz said that if a patch up had been done between the PPP and his party, then a PML-N-PML-Q alliance was also possible. PML-Q, often referred to as the King’s Party, supports former Pervez Musharraf.