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| Zardari Invites Justice Chaudhry to Enter Politics |
| 2008-10-27 |
| ISLAMABAD - Virtually slamming the doors on further restoration of the ‘few’ remaining deposed judges including chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, President Asif Ali has invited Justice Iftikhar and his handful of colleagues to join politics and prosmised to exercise his authority to lift two-year mandatory ban. He claimed the judicial crisis is over and accused the deposed CJ and his colleagues of issuing political statements as if posing a threat to the government. “The way these ‘former’ judges are delivering speeches similar to that of politicians, I would advise the prime minister to give them a party ticket for the Senate elections to be held next year,” he said with a wry smile in a panel interview with The News. He said 42 out of 60 judges have taken a fresh path, many have retired and only four to five are left including the ‘big gun”, a taunting reference to Justice Iftikhar. “I do not see even a semblance of judicial crisis”, he said adding that if Iftikhar thinks he is very popular and can pose threat to the government, he is free to contest Senate election next march and enter active politics. Asked to count major accomplishment of his presidency since election on September 6, Zardari mentioned efforts to “re-unite” the federation, working for national consensus, bringing on board all major political parties on the ‘war on terror’ and undertaking a landmark trip to China |
| Posted by:Steve White |