The restoration of the judges has monopolized the attention of the main coalition partners, the party of assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and that of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, since they won a Feb. 18 election. Asif Ali Zardari, Bhutto’s widower and her political successor, held talks with Sharif in London on Saturday to try to bridge their differences over the issue.

Richard Boucher, U.S. assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asia, met the two leaders in London on Sunday although a U.S. embassy spokeswoman said reports the meeting concerned the judges were unfounded.

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