Reinstatement sans Iftikhar unacceptable

LAHORE - President, Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan has appreciated the PPP proposal of tabling resolution on the deposed judges before the joint Parliament as a good political act to provide force to the executive order for the judges' restoration.

Addressing a Press conference following a meeting of the executive committee of the Bar at his residence here Thursday, Aitzaz said a resolution carried by the joint parliament would not only lend credence to the executive order but send a good message to the army, judiciary, bureaucracy and Americans that it has been passed by the House which represents all the federating units and the centre. He said legal fraternity firmly believed that judges were 'restored' but they had been just stopped by General (r) Pervez Musharraf from resuming their functions and the resolution followed by an executive order, would be sufficient to put them back on job.

Answering questions, Aitzaz said if judges were not restored, lawyers movement would continue and in this fourth phase of their drive, the time may also come when the deposed judges would also need to join them but remaining apolitical and out of media reach and maintaining their professional character.