Dawn : Lawyers in Pakistan rally for judges’ reinstatement

Thursday, August 28, 2008

Lawyers in Pakistan rally for judges’ reinstatement

August 28, 2008

LAHORE, Aug 28 (AP) Hundreds of lawyers are rallying in major Pakistani cities and disrupting traffic to pressure the government to reinstate judges deposed by former president Pervez Musharraf.

The protests Thursday occurred in Karachi, Multan and Lahore.

Top lawyer leader, Aitzaz Ahsan, said the ruling coalition should “honour its pledge” to reinstate Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry and other judges.