Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan has termed the PPP 62 point agenda as another form of “minus one” formula. The minus one formula means that Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry will not be restored unlike other deposed judges. The 62 point agenda includes constitutional reforms for the judiciary with possible reduction in the tenure of Chief Justice to three years, which will make the Chief Justice go on early retirement as against his orignal retirement date of 2013.

PPP recent media statements against Musharraf is an attempt to woo the Pakistani population towards their cause, whose support they are losing very quickly. People have started considering Zardari as part of establishment whose only interested in saving his seat.

The tours of Chief Justice will surely bring tremendous pressure on the PPP led government as all other parties are supporting the judges cause except MQM, PPP and PML-Q. Even Aitzaz Ahsan decided to stay away from bi elections so that he can fully focus on the cause of judiciary. What do you think about it?

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, May 25 (AP) - Pakistan’s deposed chief justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry urged lawyers Sunday to press on with their campaign to restore judges ousted by President Pervez Musharraf who declared emergency rule in November and ousted dozens of judges to avoid legal challenges to his rule. Justice Chaudhry told thousands of lawyers in Faisalabad early Sunday that the Supreme Court had passed an order restricting the president’s actions on Nov. 3, the same day the emergency was declared. Chaudhry promised that those who “violated” the order would be “punished.” Justice Chaudhry who arrived here from Islamabad after a 14-hour drive also said that only nations which do not compromise on principles survive, and said the people had the right to know the causes of the current ills of the Pakistani society, private TV channels reported. The president of the Supreme Court Bar Association Aitzaz Ahsan speaking on the occasion termed the PPP’s 62-point package as another form of the minus one formula and rejected it outright. The convention was also addressed by the other leaders of the lawyers community including Ali Ahmad Kurd, Hamid Khan, Munir Malik etc (Source: DAWN)

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