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Lawyers to observe 'Black Day' on Nov 3
KARACHI-President Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Aitzaz Ahsan on Monday announced to observe 'Black Day' on November 3 throughout the country to press govt to reinstate judges and continue struggle for free judiciary. He said protests would also be held the same day at Sharah-i-Dastoor.
He was addressing a Press conference here at SHC following the meeting of the Steering Committee of lawyers National Coordination Committee.
The meeting attended by former President of SCBA Munir A Malik, Hamid Khan of Pakistan Bar Council, Presidential candidate SCBA Ali Ahmed Kurd and others.
During the meeting, the lawyers representatives chalked out a strategy for the lawyers movement and also announced their next programme.
The meeting also discussed the ongoing situation of the Balochistan and NWFP province and expressed their concern over the high inflation, flour crisis, and the suicide attack on the residence of ANP Chief Asfandyar Wali Khan.
Aitzaz said that the deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry would award medals to the lawyers on October 23rd at Lahore, who have been part of ongoing movement for the independent judiciary.
Another event will be held in Hyderabad on November 15th also, he added.
He said that on the request of Lawyers National Coordination Committee, noted lawyer Ali Ahmed Kurd has agreed to lead the lawyers movement from November 1st.
In his speech, Aitzaz strongly condemned both the incidents which took place on May 12th, 2007 and April 9th 2008, and said that the lawyers fraternity have sacrificed a lot for the freedom of judiciary and reinstatement of the deposed judges.
He said that due to the pressure of lawyers movement the newly elected govt three times in their written agreement committed that they would reinstate the sacked judges but they did not fulfil their promises.
The meeting also condemned the act of Pakistan Bar Council to desist from the lawyers movement and also adopted the motion of condemnation against the Pakistan Bar Council.
Earlier, talking to media representatives here at Karachi airport after his arrival, Aitzaz Ahsan admitted that pressure maintained by lawyers on govt has eased after some deposed judges took fresh oath.
He said judges who took fresh oath have admitted that they were rightly been sacked.
The ongoing movement for the free judiciary is not the movement of the lawyers, however, it is also people's movement, because the people of the country need independent judiciary aimed for getting easy justice, he added.
SCBA President said 60 judges can be arrested in the future if such thing continued to happen. He said that functional judiciary could only be seen with the reinstatement of deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.
Ahsan also agreed that fresh appointment of some deposed judges had eased the pressure on the govt. He felt that poor people of Pakistan needed independent judiciary.
He said that the lawyers would not compromise over the independence of judiciary and will continue their movement till achieving their goal.
He said that Justice Ifikhar Muhammad Chaudhry is still the Constitutional Chief Justice of Pakistan.
He said that he had never thought to compromise with the ongoing movement initiated for independence of judiciary.
He was addressing a Press conference here at SHC following the meeting of the Steering Committee of lawyers National Coordination Committee.
The meeting attended by former President of SCBA Munir A Malik, Hamid Khan of Pakistan Bar Council, Presidential candidate SCBA Ali Ahmed Kurd and others.
During the meeting, the lawyers representatives chalked out a strategy for the lawyers movement and also announced their next programme.
The meeting also discussed the ongoing situation of the Balochistan and NWFP province and expressed their concern over the high inflation, flour crisis, and the suicide attack on the residence of ANP Chief Asfandyar Wali Khan.
Aitzaz said that the deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry would award medals to the lawyers on October 23rd at Lahore, who have been part of ongoing movement for the independent judiciary.
Another event will be held in Hyderabad on November 15th also, he added.
He said that on the request of Lawyers National Coordination Committee, noted lawyer Ali Ahmed Kurd has agreed to lead the lawyers movement from November 1st.
In his speech, Aitzaz strongly condemned both the incidents which took place on May 12th, 2007 and April 9th 2008, and said that the lawyers fraternity have sacrificed a lot for the freedom of judiciary and reinstatement of the deposed judges.
He said that due to the pressure of lawyers movement the newly elected govt three times in their written agreement committed that they would reinstate the sacked judges but they did not fulfil their promises.
The meeting also condemned the act of Pakistan Bar Council to desist from the lawyers movement and also adopted the motion of condemnation against the Pakistan Bar Council.
Earlier, talking to media representatives here at Karachi airport after his arrival, Aitzaz Ahsan admitted that pressure maintained by lawyers on govt has eased after some deposed judges took fresh oath.
He said judges who took fresh oath have admitted that they were rightly been sacked.
The ongoing movement for the free judiciary is not the movement of the lawyers, however, it is also people's movement, because the people of the country need independent judiciary aimed for getting easy justice, he added.
SCBA President said 60 judges can be arrested in the future if such thing continued to happen. He said that functional judiciary could only be seen with the reinstatement of deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.
Ahsan also agreed that fresh appointment of some deposed judges had eased the pressure on the govt. He felt that poor people of Pakistan needed independent judiciary.
He said that the lawyers would not compromise over the independence of judiciary and will continue their movement till achieving their goal.
He said that Justice Ifikhar Muhammad Chaudhry is still the Constitutional Chief Justice of Pakistan.
He said that he had never thought to compromise with the ongoing movement initiated for independence of judiciary.
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