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Last month, the two main parties in Pakistan's new coalition government agreed to introduce a parliamentary resolution reinstating the senior judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf within 30 days of forming a government. Musharraf's enemies say once the judges are back, they'll declare his recent re-election as president as illegal. Wednesday is the deadline to reinstate the judges.

The Olympic torch has reached the top of Mount Everest, the climax of a massive publicity campaign leading up the Olympic Games. China hopes the spectacle of the flame atop the world's highest mountain will erase the memory of ugly protests. But some activists say that by taking the flame up Everst, China is trying to show its dominance over Tibetans.

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf continues to work through the most serious political crisis since he took power in a coup several weeks ago. Musharraf suspended the country's chief justice and since then, public protests have increased. The question is whether this is the crisis that will bring down his presidency.

Thousands of lawyers and political activists demonstrated on the streets of Pakistan's capital Islamabad today over the suspension of the country's chief justice of the Supreme Court. They called for the country's military ruler General Pervez Musharraf to re-instate the judge and restore democracy to Pakistan.

Efforts by former prime minister Benazir Bhutto to share power in Pakistan with embattled President Pervez Musharraf have hit an impasse. Meanwhile, another Musharraf rival, exiled former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, plans to return to the country on Sept. 10.

Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif is deported hours after landing in Pakistan after seven years in exile. Soon after landing, Sharif was taken into custody and charged with corruption, then flown to Saudi Arabia.

Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif returned to Pakistan Monday after nearly seven years in exile — and within hours authorities had put him back on a plane for Saudi Arabia. The move invites more anger from a restive populace.

The political party that runs Pakistan's parliament announces Saturday the candidate it wants to become the country's new prime minister: Yousaf Raza Gilani. He is likely to assume the post on Monday.

Chief Judge Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry is one of dozens of independent-minded Pakistani judges sacked late last year by President Pervez Musharraf. On Thursday, several hundred lawyers showed up at his house in Islamabad, demanding that the new government immediately reinstate him and the other judges.

As Pakistan's new parliament held its first session Monday, many saw the ceremony as highly symbolic. For now, power seems to be shifting from embattled President Pervez Musharraf to opposition lawmakers.