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Broken promises plunge Pakistan into crisis

AFP, Islamabad
Pakistan’s ruling coalition has been split and the county brought to the brink of chaos by broken promises from President Asif Ali Zardari about reinstating judges sacked under emergency rule.
Lawyers and apposition parties plan to march on the capital Monday in a mass protest that has raised concern about the stability of the nuclear-armed Muslim republic but sparked a government crackdown.
Authorities have rounded up hundreds of activists, banned rallies and put the main opposition leader Nawaz Sharif under house arrest, but protesters have defied the crackdown to march through cities and
denounce Zardari.
Here are key facts about the crisis:
2007
March 9: Former military-ruler Pervez Musharraf sacks supreme court chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry after he ruled against a privatisation deal.
July: Supreme Court reinstates Chaudhry, who appealed against his dismissal.
November: Musharraf again sacks Chaudhry- and 60 other judges under emergency rule, fearing they might rule against his bid for a second-term presidency.
2008
March 9: Sharif and Zardari agree to form a coalition government after winning general elections and vow to
reinstate the sacked judges.
April 15: Sharif and Zardari meet in Islamabad on the judges issue.
April 30: Sharif and Zardari hold talks in Dubai about the judges.
May 13: Nine ministers from Sharifs Pakistan Muslim League-N resign after the government defaults on a deadline to reinstate judges.
August 5: Zardari and Sharif sign a written agreement to reinstate judges.
August 7: Zardari announces that judges will be restored.
August 25: Sharif withdraws from the coalition after Zardari reneges on his written pledges to reinstate judges.
September 6: Zardari wins presidential election with overwhelming majority.