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Pakistani opposition leader Nawaz Sharif has joined supporters on a march to the capital Islamabad to stage an anti-government protest.Pakistani opposition leader Nawaz Sharif has joined supporters on a march to the capital Islamabad to stage an anti-government protest.
There have been reports that President Asif Ali Zardari has agreed to reinstate sacked Supreme Court chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry. Hours ahead of the planned march, there were reports that President Asif Ali Zardari had agreed to reinstate sacked Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry.
The reinstatement of Mr Chaudhry and other judges has been a key opposition demand amid a growing political crisis.The reinstatement of Mr Chaudhry and other judges has been a key opposition demand amid a growing political crisis.
Mr Sharif earlier defied an apparent bid to place him under house arrest.Mr Sharif earlier defied an apparent bid to place him under house arrest.
Hundreds of police surrounded his home in Lahore but the government denied that he was being detained. Hundreds of police had surrounded his home in Lahore but the government denied that he was being detained.
Power struggle
Mr Sharif's party, the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N), has been planning a "long march" to arrive in Islamabad on Monday to stage a sit-in to demand the reinstatement of judges sacked by former President Pervez Musharraf.Mr Sharif's party, the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N), has been planning a "long march" to arrive in Islamabad on Monday to stage a sit-in to demand the reinstatement of judges sacked by former President Pervez Musharraf.
Mr Sharif is expected to arrive in Rawalpindi - near Islamabad - in the early hours of Monday. He is due to be joined there by his brother, Shahbaz Sharif, former chief minister of the Punjab, and leaders of the lawyers' movement demanding the judges' reinstatement. Iftikhar Chaudhry and other judges were sacked by Gen Musharraf
Correspondents say the campaign over the judges has become a power struggle between Mr Sharif and current President Asif Ali Zardari. Mr Sharif is expected to arrive in Rawalpindi - near Islamabad - in the early hours of Monday.
He is due to be joined there by his brother, Shahbaz Sharif, former chief minister of the Punjab, and leaders of the lawyers' movement demanding the judges' reinstatement.
The campaign over the judges has become a power struggle between Mr Sharif and President Zardari, says the BBC's Barbara Plett in Islamabad.
The government has arrested hundreds of opposition activists and banned rallies, saying they could trigger violence.
Our correspondent says it is not clear if Mr Sharif will be able to reach Islamabad, given the authorities have blocked routes leading to the capital.
She says the unrest has alarmed the West, which wants Pakistan to focus on the battle against the Taleban on the Afghan border.
President Zardari - the widower of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto - promised to bring back the judges when he took office last year following his wife's assassination.