Deal reached' on Pakistan judges

The head of one of Pakistan's ruling coalition partners says a deal has been reached on how to restore judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf. PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif said talks with the PPP's Asif Zardari had "yielded very positive results". Mr Sharif said he would give more details on Friday. There has been no word from Mr Zardari. The new government had promised to restore the senior judges by the end of April but disagreed over how to do it. Analysts say failure to resolve the differences had put the month-old coalition government under strain. President Musharraf sacked about 60 judges - some sitting on the Supreme Court - in November 2007, after declaring a state of emergency.