The people of Pakistan will resist any move to impose martial law in the country again, Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan, lead counsel of Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, said during the hearing of a constitutional petition by the CJP against the presidential reference against him.
Ahsan made the remark when lawyer Abdul Mujeeb Pirzada requested the full court to restore CJP Chaudhry for an interim period to quell the present unrest in the country that may lead to the imposition of martial law again by General Pervez Musharraf. Pirzada made the request when Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday said the bench was fed up with the repetitive arguments being submitted for the last 15 days. Pirzada said that hearings in such constitutional cases often consumed much time that’s why the bench should restore the CJP for an interim period. “There is no fear of another martial law because those who have seen the rousing welcome accorded to the CJP in Lahore and Abbottabad know that people are on the roads and will resist imposition of a new military rule,” Ahsan told Pirzada. |