Bush big hurdle in reinstatement of judges: Aitzaz

LAHORE - President Supreme Court Bar Association Aitzaz Ahsan has blamed the Bush government for blocking the restoration of judges who, according to him, were removed illegally and unconstitutionally through a PCO of army chief on November 3 last.

American lawyers, academic institutions and the civil society members desire restoration of the (November 2) judiciary in Pakistan but the Bush administration was the stumbling block in the way, as whenever solution to the problem of judges restoration is in sight, US officials Negroponte or Richard Boucher rush here to block the process, Aitzaz told a Press conference here on Wednesday.