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| Dogar approves reinstatement of 14 sacked judges |
| 2008-07-27 |
| LAHORE: Chief Justice of Pakistan Abdul Hameed Dogar has given his approval for the restoration of 14 sacked judges of the Lahore High Court (LHC) and Sindh High Court (SHC) and sent a list of these 14 judges to President Pervez Musharraf, a private television channel reported on Saturday. According to Aaj TV, eight of the 14 judges to be restored are from the SHC while six are from the LHC. Former Supreme Court (SC) Bar Association president Muneer A Malik told the channel that the government was not sincere in restoring the sacked judges, adding that the restoration of the 14 judges in question was the SCÂ’s decision, and not the governmentÂ’s. Also on Saturday, the SC registrar expressed ignorance about any move to restore sacked judges of the provincial high courts, while Law Secretary Agha Rafiq Ahmad Khan said he had no knowledge at all of the restoration, according to Geo News. According to the channel, SC Bar Association President Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan said the sacked judgesÂ’ restoration through a simple notice would mean that the government had admitted the November 3, 2007, actions to be unconstitutional, adding that if the reinstatement required taking of a fresh oath, the judges would be considered to have been restored under the Provisional Constitution Order, the channel said. |
| Posted by:Steve White |