May 17 (Bloomberg) -- Lawyers plan to start a new round of protests against Pakistan's six-week-old government for failing to reinstate judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf last year, culminating in a march through Punjab province on June 10.

``Lawyers will start holding meetings from May 24 till June 9 to protest,'' Rasheed Razvi, chairman of the Pakistan Bar Council, said by telephone from Islamabad today. ``And if the judges are not reinstated by that time, we will hold a long march as a final protest on June 10.''

Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif plans to join the lawyers' action after his Pakistan Muslim League quit the ruling coalition last week because of differences with the Pakistan Peoples Party over how to reinstate the judges.

Pakistani lawyers have waged a nationwide campaign against Musharraf since last year over his efforts to remove Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry, whose rulings have clashed with the president's attempts to maintain political dominance in Pakistan.

Musharraf dismissed 60 justices in November before the Supreme Court was to rule on whether to invalidate his re- election for a second five-year term.

``The meetings will be attended by the chief justice, and all the other deposed judges all over Pakistan,'' Rizvi said. ``These meetings will be wake-up calls for the government and a preparation for a final protest, which is expected to be joined by other political and non-political organizations.''

Protest March

The planned march will start from Multan and head first to Lahore, then on through the Punjab toward Islamabad, he said. The route's total distance would be about 400 miles (644 kilometers).

Sharif and Asif Ali Zardari, co-chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party, signed an accord on March 9 to restore the judges through a parliamentary resolution.

Sharif wanted them restored through a government decree after a resolution is passed in the lower house of parliament, the National Assembly, where the coalition has a majority.

Zardari had said a decree could be challenged in the courts and wants a constitutional amendment passed on restoring the judges. An amendment would have to be approved by the upper house, the Senate, where Musharraf's supporters retain a majority.

The president warned lawyers on April 10 not to instigate violence, Geo television reported. Musharraf, who seized control in the 1999 coup, surrendered his main source of power, the post of army chief, in November.

To contact the reporter on this story: Farhan Sharif in Karachi at fsharif2@bloomberg.net.

Last Updated: May 17, 2008 12:32 EDT