By Simon Cameron-Moore - Analysis
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The party leading Pakistan's new coalition is drafting a constitutional package likely to sideline Iftikhar Chaudhry, the recently freed judge whose defiance of President Pervez Musharraf made him a cause celebre.
Strains in the less-than-two-week-old coalition are foreseen when the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) submits its wide-ranging proposals for scrutiny, a move expected as soon as next week.
The PPP, led by the late Benazir Bhutto's widower Asif Ali Zardari, is honor bound to reinstate Chaudhry as Supreme Court Chief Justice, and restore other judges Musharraf dismissed when he imposed six-weeks of emergency rule on November 3.
Last month Zardari signed an accord with Nawaz Sharif, the prime minister Musharraf overthrew in a military coup in 1999, to pass a resolution to bring back all the judges within 30 days of forming a government, which means it should happen by end-April.
Pakistan's new political order will thank Chaudhry for precipitating the political shift that led to the defeat of pro-Musharraf parties in February's parliamentary poll, reinstate him and then try to wave him goodbye, analysts and others said.
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