Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) Secretary General Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Saturday refused to support the reinstatement of deposed judges of the Supreme Court and high courts including sacked chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.Speaking at a ceremony hosted by the South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA), Fazl said that he supported the independence of judiciary, but would not favour reinstatement of the deposed CJP and other judges, who had taken oath under a PCO in 1999. Fazl’s remarks created uproar in the hall, with a large number of participants shouting “Shame! Shame!”
Replying to an angry participant’s comments that he wanted to become a deputy prime minister, Fazl said, “I want to become the prime minister. What do you mean by deputy prime minister?”