LAHORE: Senior most deposed judge of Lahore High Court, Khawaja Muhammad Sharif said that the people had mandated the government for restoration of deposed judges rather than “roti, kapra and makan” on February 18.
He said this while addressing a meeting of the lawyers held here as part of weekly protest campaign for the cause of reinstatement of deposed judges here on Thursday. Former president of Supreme Court Bar Association Hamid Khan, president Lahore High Court Bar Anwar Kamal and secretary Rana Asad Ullah also spoke on the occasion.
He held Pakistan came into being on August, 14, 1947 following a popular movement while the movement for independent judiciary and stability of the country was launched on March, 9, 2007. The lawyers sacrifices in this regard are unprecedented, he added.
He alleged the rulers had no potential to contain inflation and control lawlessness. One who keeps up one’s promise and does not deceive the people is a politician, he remarked.
Under Bhurban accord the deposed judges were required to be restored within 30 days but the politicians backtracked from their words , he charged.
There is no substance in the reports that any one among the deposed judges would take oath under PCO, he said adding “ it was neither appropriate nor morally good that lawyers would be baton charged for the cause of reinstatement of judges and on the other hand judges would take oath under PCO. “We will live upto the expectations of the lawyers and will not stab dagger into their back”, he vowed.—Agencies