Judges’ restoration to burry doctrine of necessity: Iftikhar

PESHAWAR: NWFP Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain said Monday that restoration of deposed judges by the democratic forces would bury the doctrine of necessity once for all.

In a statement issued here, Hussain welcomed the Prime Minister’s move to reinstate deposed judges and termed it a wise decision.

He said that the decision had prevented the country from a major crisis and now the government could focus the progress and prosperity of the country.

The minister hoped that the doctrine of necessity would be buried once for all.

source : jang.com.pk

Blast damages NATO oil tanker in Pakistan: official

PESHAWAR: One person was killed and two wounded in northwest Pakistan on Saturday when a bomb exploded near a fuel tanker destined for NATO forces in Afghanistan, an official said.

The remote-controlled bomb was planted on the main highway linking Peshawar city with the Torkham border crossing, local official Fazle Akbar told by telephone.

The blast partially damaged the oil tanker, but its driver escaped injuries, Akbar said, adding a passer-by was killed and two local men were injured. A security official also confirmed the incident but gave no casualty figure.

The explosion occurred in the troubled tribal district of Khyber, where Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked insurgents have carried out a series of attacks on NATO vehicles and terminals outside the northwestern city of Peshawar.

The NATO and US-led forces in landlocked Afghanistan are hugely dependent on Pakistan for their supplies and equipment, around 80 percent of which are transported through the neighbouring country. Militants earlier this month blew up a key bridge on the main supply route for NATO forces and torched several trucks bringing goods from the southern port of Karachi for forces battling a Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan.

source : jang.com.pk

Deposed CJ reaches Peshawar

PESHAWAR: The deposed Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry arrived here on Wednesday to address lawyers’ convention.

The deposed chief justice was accorded a very warm welcome by Peshawar District Bar members. Foolproof security arrangements have been made in and around Peshawar High Court (PHC) building where Justice Iftikhar would address the convention.

The deposed CJ would return Islamabad tonight after meeting with lawyers. Meanwhile, lawyer leadership has decided to visit colleges and universities across Pakistan so as to attract more support for lawyers’ long march. A delegation of lawyers would also meet business community leaders in Rawalpindi on Thursday.

Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry is accompanied by Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president Ali Ahmed Kurd, Aitzaz Ahsan, Hamid Ali Khan, Athar Minallah and other lawyer leaders in Peshawar.

Political parties have set up camps in the city and activists of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Muslim League (N) are present in deposed CJ’s convoy.

source : jang.com.pk