Long March for Judiciary Restoration Kicks off (related threads merged)

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The Long March kicks off with anti Musharraf slogans.

Lahore resounds with anti-Musharraf slogans

LAHORE - The provincial capital resounded with slogans of ‘Go Musharraf Go’ played on loudspeakers in cars, buses and motorcycles and the same written on banners displayed across the city in the manner of ‘opening’ of the long march.
The graph of the passion in the general public went extra high when lawyers, students and activists of APDM parties took out a car rally comprising many buses, cars and uncountable motorcycles. The slogans of ‘Go Musharaf Go’ and ‘The time has come to fight the final battle’ cast a spell in the city as people listened the songs in their amazement from the loudspeakers of the rally.
Eyewitnesses claimed that there was a touch of a revolution in the offing as students of number of colleges and activists of political parties together rushed to the Lahore High Court Bar Association to join hands with the lawyers in the rally earlier announced by a joint committee of the LBA, LHCBA and SCBA.
The rally started from Lahore High Court Bar Association at 4pm and it took a full round of the city amid songs of “Go Musharaf Go” played on the loudspeakers in the rally on the buses and cars.
Earlier, the motivated students in the shape of a rally of seven buses and dozens of cars and motorcycles reached Lahore High Court Bar Association where LHCBA president Anwar Kamal and secretary Asad ullah Khan welcomed them and appreciated their passion to join the long march for the restoration of Nov 2 judiciary and rule of law. The students vowed to take full participation in the long march for restoration of deposed judges. Among others students of Superior Group of Colleges were in the buses of the same college and they participated in the combined rally.
Lawyers belonging to Pakistan Tehrek-e- Insaf Lawyers Wing led by its president Khalid Awan actively joined the car rally. Khalid Awan said that PTI lawyers were participating in the rally and they will participate in the long march which will start from Lahore to Islamabad on June 12.
The route of the rally was very long as it moved on it reached Lahore District Bar, and then moved on wards to Chowk Yateem, Iqbal Town Muslim Town, Canal and by The Mall Road Concluded again at the Lahore High Court thus completing it tour of the city.
As per the reports coming from various parts of the city the general pubic was taking a great interest in the rally and many from amongst the rally joined while singing the songs of Go Musharaf Go similar to the songs being displayed on the loudspeakers installed on the buses and cars in rally as it moved on and on in the different town and regions of the city of Lahore.
A day ahead of June 10 the day of Lone March it proved a good show of passion and strength. The Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) said the car and motorbike rally was very successful as it created awareness among the masses for “Long March” to be commenced on June 10.
Secretary LHCBA Rana Asadullah Khan said that the purpose of the rally was to mobilize the common peoples and to gain their support for the lawyer’s ongoing movement aimed at the restoration of ‘deposed’ judges.
He said the rally stayed at different main localities of the city as it moved on to take a round of the city before its culmination at the Lahore High Court. He said Lahore court Bar Association and Lahore Bar Association displayed banners for Long Mach call on all key pints of the city.
He said the hundreds of people from amongst the general public joined the car rally and showed their determination to join the Long March for the restoration of judges. He said the Long March has started from Karachi and lawyers’ caravans are heading towards their first destination at Multan.

http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Regional/Lahore/10-Jun-2008/City-resounds-with-antiMusharraf-slogans

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Now even Musharraf is making statement against himself! He advised people to eat chicken as it is cheaper than daal now!

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^ He's become senile.

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Let's hope the laang march doesn't kick itself out of context.

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http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Politics/10-Jun-2008/Caravans-of-long-march-leave-for-Multan

Caravans of long march leave for Multan

The caravans from Sindh and Balochistan left for Multan from Sukkur in the

first leg of lawyers’ long march. The caravans of lawyers, political workers,

civil society members and different organisations arrived in Sukkur from

Karachi and Quetta yesterday. Their next stopover would be Lahore. The

participants of Jamaat-e-Islami, PML(N), TI, Sindh Taraqi Pasand Party and

members of the civil society, who hoisted colourful flags of their parties and

organisations are also included with the legal community. Meanwhile, the

Constitution Avenue has been blocked with huge containers and barbed

wires.

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I wonder if he owns poultry farms? :D

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How is the laang march going?

Any news on it? Has it begun yet? I hope the laaaawyers don't wear black coats. Not a good idea under the shining sun and high heat.

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Will the events of hundreds of laawyers fainting in the heat be covered live by any channel?

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Long March has caused Musharraf to soil his pajama once again, there were more reassurances from the US today about how he is the ‘elected’ president :hehe:

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I think they shouldn't stop at Islamabad. The plan should be to continue marching past islamabad, up the margalla hills, and into Afghanistan by way of the khyber pass. These super heroes will achieve a couple of good things through this:

morbidly obese lawyers will lose weight
they can take their amazing brand of super pure democracy to kabul as well
some of them might even jump off murree cliffs, hopefully reducing the amount of the amazing democracy force

and who knows where to after kabul. Next stop, africa baby!

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They should drink plenty of water and not wear black coats. Aitraz wants to march to parliament house and do qabza of it.

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^ Go post these MQM lies in your own long march thread…

          MULTAN: The lawyers started the next phase of their Long March from Multan to Lahore on Wednesday.

A large number of civil society members and workers of political parties were also accompanied with lawyers in the march.

The deposed chief justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry before departure of the march from Multan, in his address said the lawyers’ movement has entered in a critical phase. “The journey is thorny and lengthy and the time is short, but I believe the movement would be successful to achieve its objectives, he said.

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What is the destination of this laaang march?

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i'm watching the jokers live on Geo

damn this Aitzaz Ahsan is wasting his talent ..... good laywer this guy but fighting a futile war in the land of corrupt politicians

BTW he is the 2nd cousin of my grandfather ..... related to Ghuman Family of Sambrial or for some who may remember 2nd cousin of Mohammad Azam Ghuman from Sambrial MPA for PPP in Punjab in the 80's

At times i feel ashamed how this talented is used by all the drameybaaz around him and he thinks it's his personal vendetta

You said, we did.
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Why did you join the MQM and why do you hate Great CJ Ifti?

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KK bhai saheb…long march or any other way of protest is a civilised way of protesting and getting their voices heard by the parliament/government in any democratic society by civilised people…unlike bori band dead bodies…and torture cells…or traping people on roads by placing containers and then spraying bullets on them…

If parliament is not checked they are capable of passing 8th/17th ammendments…we should be glad as civil society that after Pakistan movement…common people have decided that they will not be treated like dummies…and can get their voices heard in a peaceful and civilized manner…we should really appreciate people who have decided to come to the streets…inspite of the threat of suicide bombers…giving a message to both the government and these terrorist bombers…that we are an alive nation…

http://thenews.jang.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=117957

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**Objectives of the long march **

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Thursday, June 12, 2008
The PPP and some other critics of the lawyers’ movement are saying that the long march is against the supremacy of parliament. This logic needs to be addressed and perhaps a reminder of some basic political science concepts is in order. Traditionally, it used to be said that there are three branches of the system: the legislature, the executive and the judiciary. Now, some people also include the media as a fourth pillar. We could even extent this further and include civil society as a fifth one.

In a constitutional setup, all these different branches work within the limits prescribed by the constitution. They exert checks and balances on each other and no single pillar is allowed to have absolute power. This includes parliament, which too must confine its activities within certain rules. The idea of unconditional supremacy of any branch is therefore flawed; those who talk of parliamentary supremacy without acknowledging the role of checks and balances and the people’s right to protest against its misdeeds are either mistaken or deliberately misleading the nation. Let us explore this further by briefly looking at the role of the five branches mentioned above.

The executive: it runs the government. The legislature: its role is to pass laws, make constitutional amendments when needed, debate important national policies and scrutinize the executive. However, even parliament can not amend the constitution arbitrarily. It can only do so with a two-thirds majority and not otherwise. This is to ensure that constitutional amendments represent a wider national sentiment because the constitution deals with the very basic rules of how the system is functioning. Even with a two-thirds majority, parliament cannot pass amendments against the basic spirit of the constitution. For example, it cannot arbitrarily take away the fundamental human rights of the citizens, or abolish democracy itself.

The judiciary: in addition to holding trials, the courts also interpret the constitution. If parliament passes a constitutional amendment that violates the basic spirit of the constitution, the courts can repeal it. In this regard, the courts are the final arbiters, and not parliament. The media: its role is obvious. Since the constitution guarantees freedom of the media, it means that the working of parliament is also fully subject to public criticism. Civil society: it comprises concerned citizens organizing on various issues of concern to them and expressing themselves through various means available to them within the democratic framework. These means include the right to criticize the government or even take out protest rallies if they feel strongly enough on a given issue. These are fundamental human rights and are an integral part of democracy.Parliament is not a holy cow that people should not hold demonstrations against it if they are unhappy about its working.

**The argument that the long march is undermining parliamentary supremacy is therefore based on a flawed notion of democracy. There is no such thing as unconditional supremacy of parliament; parliament must work in accordance with the constitution. The November 3 action was a crime against a judiciary that was starting to give relief to the common man against the excesses of a corrupt government. The deposed judges are still the legal judges, and the government’s moral and constitutional duty is to provide executive support to them by letting them go to their chambers and resume their jobs.

If the government, which derives its strength from parliament, does not fulfil its constitutional duty, then the people have every right to take to the streets and even pressurize parliament by all means available to them. The talk of parliamentary supremacy when parliament is violating the constitution by not forcing the government to let the deposed judges resume their duty is self-serving nonsense being produced by vested interests who only want to rule the country without any checks and balances on their power. Their goal is to create a dictatorship in the guise of democracy** and all discerning people (especially TV anchors and other commentators) need to expose and prevent this fraud.

Aqil Sajjad

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If the above doesnt work, type in Pakistan on gettyimages.com and have a look at the amazing images, and this is a huge success considering the limited financial resources, blockades and lack of government support these lawyers had.

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lol are you implying lawyers in pakistan are both super purely honest AND poor?

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^ No, but I do think there is something wrong with your comprehension

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how so? :)