SCBA backs impeachment

Blaming him for May 12 carnage in Karachi, he said in his view Musharraf’s hand in the killing of Benazir Bhutto also cannot be ruled out. He said the country would face a very serious situation, if present coalition government is overthrown by Musharraf and if it happened, they would resist it with full might.

Dissenting with the decision of Pakistan Bar Council, Amin Javed Chaudhary said, lawyers stood to their demand for the restoration of judges by August 14 as it was announced by the July 19 convention of the lawyers representatives from all over the country.

He said if their demand was not met, National Coordination Council of the lawyers would meet on August 15 at Rawalpindi to chalk out further line of action.

SC judges called back to Capital

Supreme Court judges holding sitting at Lahore Registry of the Apex Court have been called back to Islamabad.

During the last week, ending on August 8, sources relating to the judiciary said the judges of the Apex Court were scheduled to also hold sitting at the Lahore Registry during next week. But later on the schedule was revised and the judges were called to the Principal Seat, they added. A court official told The Nation, on Thursday last the schedule was revised.

It may be recalled that during the present summer vacation of the Court, the SC judges were holding special sitting at the Lahore Registry to clear backlog of cases.