Warm welcome awaits marchers in Capital

ISLAMABAD- Islamabad city, once called by the foreign ambassadors and journalists as the 'Concrete Islands', having no signs of life but still faceted bureaucrats and high-rise concrete structures, witnessed an unprecedented warmth and liveliness on Thursday.

The city, giving a carnival look and sense of tremendous enthusiasm, has been decorated with banners and billboards written with welcome slogans for the participants of the lawyers' Long March caravan, which is expected to reach the city an hour or two after the dawn on Friday.

In addition, scores of camps have been set up along the Islamabad Highway and Suharwardy Road, the main arteries to the Capital City and route of the March, where the energetic youths are chanting slogans to induce enthusiasm among the passers-by to join hands in their struggle for the independent judiciary, which has been twice sacked by the adventurous dictator.