In the aftermath of polls 2008,arrogant Musharaf now left with limited options as the Co-Chaiman of PPP Asif Zardari has categorically mentioned that parliament has to decide fate of Musharaf, on the otherhand Nawaz Sharif reiterated his pledge of restoring the deposed judges and said that in now way he will show flexibility on this issue.The opposition leader in the Senate and Deputy Secretary General of PPP Mian Raza Rabbani has also demanded of President Musharaf to resign after the defeat of PML(Q) in the election.
The lawyers once again on the roads to demonstrate against the illegal detention of the deposed Chief Justice Choudhry Iftikhar, in Karachi dozens of lawyers were injured and several others were arrested when police baton-charged them during a rally on M.A. Jinah road.In a telephonic address to Sindh High Court Bar Association the CJ said that victory is near and the lawyer’s movement would soon get the fruit their struggle.
Later in the afternoon lawyers of Rawalpindi and Islamabad Bar Associations and representatives of civil society marched toward the judges colony but the police thwarted their efforts,to show solidarity with the legal community Nawaz Sharif has also joined them near Balochistan house and paid great tribute to lawyers on their perseverance in their pursuit of freedom of judiciary. while as always the confident CJ Iftikhar in an interview has said that the moment I am free I will march to my office in the Supreme Court of Pakistan and assume my job.