Opposition parties, lawyers to hold protest today

RT Correspondent
ISLAMABAD: Activists of Political parties, lawyer community, civil society organizations and general public would gather in front of the Supreme Court building to stage protest demonstration when the non-functional Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry would appear before the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) today (Wednesday).
The call in this regard has been given separately by lawyer community and opposition parties who during the April 24 protest had announced to hold protest demonstration with full strength on May 02 on the occasion of appearance of the CJP before the SJC.
The protest would be held to express solidarity with non-functional Chief Justice. It would be the seventh appearance of the non-functional CJP, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry before the Supreme Judicial Council after the presidential reference was moved against him by the government on March 9, 2007.
Meanwhile, Jamat-e-Islami Amir, Islamabad District Syed Mohammad Bilal on Tuesday vowed that thousands of workers would gathered in front of the Supreme Court on Wednesday (today) to express solidarity with CJP despite arrest of many activists. He also appealed the general public to fully participate in the protests for the independence of judiciary.


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