To keep Sharif on board during that process, Zardari made a series of promises to the former prime minister, saying that once Musharraf was out of the way, the judges' restoration would follow immediately. Most recently, in early August, Zardari is said to have taken an oath on the Qur'an that the judges would be back on the bench within 24 hours of Musharraf's resignation. Zardari's aides deny that he took any such oath. But Zardari, it seems, had no intention of keeping his word on the judges issue in any case, thus bringing the coalition to the breaking point.

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