Dubai: The crucial talks between ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-N on the issue of reinstatement of deposed Supreme Court judges tonight failed to break the deadlock between the two sides.

With the 30-day deadline for reinstating the deposed judges expiring today, the two main partners in the ruling coalition said they would continue talks tomorrow to resolve their differences on modalities for restoring the judges.

PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif and PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari held talks for seven hours in Dubai but were unable to sort out their differences on modalities.

At the end of the talks today, senior PML-N leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan told reporters, "we hope the issue of the deposed judges will be resolved as progress has been made in the talks." He said a decision has been delayed till tomorrow "due to legal matter".

Khan also said a delay of a day or two in resolving the issue should not matter. Khan said the talks will continue tomorrow. Both parties also agreed to keep their coalition intact.

Zardari had earlier said both parties had agreed to restore the judges. "Both the parties have agreed to reinstate the judges and the coalition was as strong as ever," Zardari told reporters in Dubai where he met Sharif to sort out the deadlock over the differences in reinstatement of judges.

Source : PTI