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The Punjab new Governor Salman Taseer said that mandate of Governorship was due to strong recommendation of Party Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister of Pakistan and we believe that true democracy would be strengthen only by collision government and support of all fractions of the society.
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FlagChairman, Sindh National Front, Mumtaz Ali Bhutto has opined that President Pervez Musharraf has emerged as more stronger than ever and that the present government and parliament were hostage to him. “Previously, Musharraf was supported only by the turncoats, plunderers and the terrorists, but now the PPP has become his partner and joined the ranks of allies of the Presidency,” he contended.
Restoration of deposed judges Lawyers announces long march from June 10 F.P. The lawyers have decided to launch ‘long march’ on June 10 next and hold three lawyers convention before it to press for the restoration of deposed judges...Saeed-ur-Rehman, Vice Chairman, Pakistan Bar Council (PBC), Ali Ahmad Kurd,Hamid Khan ,Anwar Kamal,Aslam Sindhu,Manzoor Qadir, Arshad Baggoo and others participated in the conference.
has supported the long march call given by lawyers’ community for reinstatement of the deposed judges of the superior judiciary and vowed not to rejoin the Federal Cabinet until pre-November 3rd independent judiciary was restored as according to the Murree Declaration.
Pakistan Peoples Party's Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has said that the ruling alliance, despite N-League's resignations is intact and there is no difference of opinion between elder brother Mian Nawaz Sharif and him. He said that Mian Nawaz Sharif's statement with regard to not destabilize the government, was a guarantee for strengthening of the parliament and democracy.
President Pakistan Muslim League-N, Shahbaz Sharif if Pakistan People’s Party is honest in its commitment towards judges restoration then it should come up with a bill that is also acceptable to lawyers. He was addressing an informal meeting of his party here on Saturday.
Otherwise, the coalition will be endangered and weakened," he said. About new governor Salman Taseer’s appointment in Punjab province, Mr Sharif said, "Such an appointment that could create misunderstanding between the two coalition partners should be avoided.
Leaders of a Pakistani lawyers' movement served notice to the new coalition government it would hold a major protest on June 10 to champion the restoration of judges dismissed by President Pervez Musharraf last November. "It is going to be a major milestone.
N walking out of the ruling PPP-led alliance, hopes for national unity and revival of democracy in Pakistan, which had risen after the February 18 elections, had been dashed, and the country's traditional political rivals were solely to be blamed for it, said an editorial in The Times.
Pakistani lawyers vowed on Saturday to stage massive street protests next month unless the government meets its pledge to reinstate judges purged by President Pervez Musharraf. The threat from the lawyers, whose tireless protests helped undermine Musharraf's grip on power last year, raises the stakes in Pakistan's protracted power struggle.
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