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Summary Pakistan and Punjab Bar Councils have rejected Nawaz call for anti government demonstration.
The Bar Councils’ spokesmen are of the view that Bar Associations are free and independent and take decisions by their own.They made it clear that unless and unit the PM’s appeal is not decided, they would take no step in this regard.They also said that Nawaz Sharif has taken the decision of long march in his personal capacity; they have not been consulted about it in any sense.It is worthy of note that the SC had taken suo motu notice against PMGilani who had refused to wrtie a letter to the Swiss government regarding illegally deposited money.Despite court orders, the PMGilani denied to write to follow courts order as according to him, the president had an exeption in this regard and unless and untill, President is enjoying his office, he cant be tried in any court.At this the Opposition leader, Nawaz Sharif warned to launch anti government movement for implementation on court orders.According to Nawaz, after the conviction, Mr Gilani and his cabinet have no constitutional and legal status. Mr Gilani should take pity on this country, constitution, system and democracy and end his ‘illegal occupation’ of the office of prime minister.He warned of ‘unexpected consequences’ if the prime minister failed to follow his advice. When asked what he meant by ‘unexpected consequences’, he said it meant all forms of protests. “All options are on the table. We’ll protest within and outside parliament and on roads. And if the government refuses to change its stance a long march can also be an option.”To show that he meant business, Mr Sharif said if he and his party let the matter go unnoticed and allowed the government to act as it liked, he would have no right to remain in politics.He urged ‘all patriotic’ people to come out to protect the independence and dignity of the judiciary. “The government has crossed all limits and now I can sacrifice the friendship and all relations for restoring the honour of judiciary,” he said.PML-N information secretary Mushahidullah Khan told Dawn that the party had decided to act in cooperation with other political forces to put pressure on the PPP government to honour court verdicts. He said people had been assigned to contact various parties, including government’s allies, in this respect.
