Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is threatening to pull his party out of Pakistan’s governing coalition unless the senior coalition party, the Pakistan Peoples Party, agrees to allow for the return of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. Sharif’s ultimatum came just a day after Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf resigned. The Pakistan Peoples Party has opposed allowing Chaudhry back on the bench. The full restoration of the judges could cause legal complications for PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari, who took over the party after the assassination of his wife, former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Musharraf removed Chaudhry from the bench after he forced Pakistan’s intelligence agencies to admit they held dozens of people in secret custody.