Killing more than two birds with one stone...

This saturday a notification for appointment of judges was issued by the presidency... general response was like "PP walon ko kia ho gaya hai?", "wht made zardari do so?", "is he insane???", "can we afford any such turmoil at the moment?", "is this a time to confront?" is he nuts??? and blah blah... but wait...

PPP is not a party of amateurs, we must not think tht it was just a mistake.
keeping in mind the past of PPP and zardari, makes me beleive that zardari had a plan... see the following:

"Referring to the extraordinary step of constituting the three-judge bench in such an unusual manner, the expert suggested that the step was needed because if the notifications had not been suspended and the two judges had refused to take oath in accordance with them they would have been deemed to have retired as enunciated in the 1996 Al Jihad Trust case."

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perfect plan... both the judges are not useful for us (they r from CJ group)... we need some 'better' guys here in judiciary... we know tht they'll refuse... and they dont know tht we have more than two ppl ready to replace them :)

taking benefit of the situation, raja of lahore mr. salman taseer rejected the recommendations sent to him by CJ LHC :) tht's why i call it "killing more than two birds with one stone"

wanna learn politics? join PPP... PPP rocks

bechara gilani ab phir maamla suljhanay mein ulajh jaye ga...

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A draft for PML-N n PPP

Below is the text of the draft prepared for Nawaz Sharif and Asif Ali Zardari by Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim for the restoration of the judiciary through the parliament.

THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF PAKISTAN

WHEREAS, We the elected representatives of the people of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan acknowledge and honor the long and arduous struggle for the return to democracy and rule of law by the legal fraternity, civil society and the ordinary citizens of our beloved country.

AND WHEREAS, We pay tribute to Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto and thousands of brave political activists across the country who made the ultimate sacrifice and laid down their lives or suffered imprisonment for the cause of restoration of parliamentary democracy and the rule of law in Pakistan. We shall not let their sacrifices go in vain.

AND WHEREAS, this Assembly is mindful that the foundation of democracy cannot survive without a return to the rule of law. We are mindful, that the rule of law cannot survive the rule of the gun unless we have an independent judiciary. And, we are cognizant that we shall never have an independent judiciary if the Judges of the Superior Court's of this country are imprisoned at the whims of a lone individual.

AND WHEREAS, we as Members of the National Assembly have taken oath to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan" and we shall not waiver from this oath.

AND WHEREAS, Article 209(7) of the Constitution provides in no uncertain terms that "A Judge of the Supreme Court of or of a High Court shall not be removed from office except as provided in this article." Therefore, as opined unanimously by leading former Chief Justices and Judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, the actions of 3rd November 2007, seeking to remove and restrain the Chief Justices and Judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and the Provincial High Courts is void ab initio and has no sanctity in law.

WE, THEREFORE, bound by our Constitutional Oath and the mandate given by the people of Pakistan on February 18, 2008 do hereby RESOLVE and call upon the Federal Government to remove all illegal restrictions placed on the Chief Justices and Judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and the provincial High Courts on and after 3
rd November 2007 with immediate effect.

History shall not forgive those, who even now, may seek to obstruct the irreversible path to constitutional rule in our great country.

THEREFORE, WE FURTHER RESOLVE, and call upon the Federal Government to perform its obligation under Article 190 of the Constitution and act in aid of the Chief Justices and the Judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and the Provincial High Courts who were illegally restrained on and after 3rd November 2007 so that they may resume their Judicial functions in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution.

Islamabad

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