(Xinhua) -- Pakistani Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani said Saturday that the coalition will not split as it has to steer Pakistan out of crises. At a press conference in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, Gilani said that there was no disagreement between the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) over the restoration of deposed judges and meeting the May 12 deadline. "PML-N Quaid Mian Nawaz Sharif is our partner and will not sit on opposition benches as we have to steer the country out of crises," he said. "We have to fulfill the promise in letter and spirit and we also do not want to choose the course of confrontation between the institutions," he said.
But the NNI news agency quoted Gilani as saying that there were minor differences on the modalities for the restoration of judges between the two partners which would be resolved very soon. He also rejected the notion of two chief justices. He said that the opposition should play its constructive role in the parliament as it is the part of democracy. "We want to have good relations with our neighbors including India, but stressed the resolution of the core issue of Kashmir," he stressed. Gilani said that the parliament would decide the future of the president.