Kayani mediated to restore CJP: WikiLeaks

Kayani mediated to restore CJP: WikiLeaks
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Summary WikiLeaks divulged that Kayani persuaded Zardari to restore CJP and end governors rule in Punjab.

A cable sent to Washington by the then US ambassador to Pakistan, Anne W Patterson, from Islamabad on March 16, 2009 revealed that an impression was prevalent in the military circles of Pakistan that Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani played a role in resolving the judicial crisis.According to the cable, General Kayani sent the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) officials to Nawaz Sharif to inform him that General Kayani would convincePresident Asif Ali Zardari to restore Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry so Nawaz would end the Long March towards Islamabad.

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