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| CJP declines govt offer to travel by helicopter |
| 2007-05-13 |
| The ghost of Zia ul-Haq appeared to him and suggested he decline. Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry refused to go from the airport to the Sindh High Court in a helicopter provided by the Sindh government shortly after he arrived here on Saturday. Justice ChaudhryÂ’s flight arrived at noon, and the Sindh inspector general of police and Rangers officials told him that a helicopter was waiting. He refused to travel on the helicopter as he wanted the president of the Karachi Bar Association and other lawyers to accompany him. The IG tried to force the CJP onto the chopper, but his lawyer Aitizaz Ahsan and other lawyers took him to the waiting lounge. Soon after, Sindh Interior Secretary Ghulam Mohatarem reached the airport and held talks with the CJP. He gave him two options, to go via helicopter to GovernorÂ’s House or return to Islamabad. The CJP and his lawyers rejected both options. |
| Posted by:Fred |