Lawyers movement may get fuel

LAHORE- The on-going movement of the lawyers, is likely to be largely fuelled by the political parties on the Opposition side of the govt, after  PML(N) pulled itself out of the coalition.

The PML(N) has left the coalition citing the demand for judges reinstatement for which legal fraternity throughout the county, has been fighting over the last one and a half years. The N-league has not only expressed open support to the movement but it has also fielded a retired judge as their candidate in the election to stay closer to the lawyers and their cause.

Justice (Retd) Saeeduz Zaman Siddiqui is indeed a candidate with potential showing not only the PML(N) deep supports to the demand of an independent judiciary but also respect by this party, mainly rooted in the Punjab, for a man from a smaller province, Sindh.

With exception to 1981 PCO under late General Zia, Justice Siddiqui as the then Chief Justice of Pakistan in January 2000 refused to take oath under the PCO and later on staunchly backed the cause of an independent judiciary.