'Black Day' on Nov 3

LAHORE - As a measure to fuel movement for the restoration of Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry to the office of Chief Justice, particularly after the victory of Ali Ahmad Kurd, lawyers have announced to hold two-hour sit-in at any point of public value at the level of their respective bar throughout the country on November 3 to mark the Black Day on the completion of one year to the PCO which General (r) Pervez Musharraf had brought in to sack over 60 judges of the Superior Judiciary including the CJP.

The countrywide legal fraternity, (excluding Balochistan for being quake-hit) would also hold protest meetings and take out rallies carrying black flags in addition to observing courts boycott.

The mega show on the said date is a joint meeting of Rawalpindi High Court Bar and Rawalpindi Bar Association to which Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry will address.

Addressing a press conference on his last day in the office of SCBA president, Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan Friday said, Justice Chaudhry would not take part in the sit-in which would be held following his address at the Parade Ground, Islamabad, on the Black Day. In his speech, Aitzaz said, Justice Chaudhry was going to make startling disclosures which he previously kept to himself after March 9 last year when he was suspended as CJP and pitched against a criminal reference by General Musharraf, which was later on spurned by the judiciary.