Lawyers, representatives of civil society organisations, citizens and relatives of disappeared persons on Tuesday staged a 'candle light' protest in front of Supreme Court of Pakistan, expressing solidarity and sympathy with the dysfunctional Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry and the missing persons.
Score of protestors holding banners and placards inscribed with slogans in favour of suspended Chief Justice of Pakistan and the disappeared people and against the rulers lighted candles in front of Supreme Court of Pakistan.
They chanted slogans like 'go Musharraf go', 'where are our near and dear ones', 'our war will continue till the independent of judiciary', 'who is responsible for missing people' and 'we will not tolerate attack on judiciary '.
Relatives of missing persons also carrying pictures of their near and dear ones and demanded of the government to ensure their production in the court.
Besides, the protesters demanded of the government to restore independence of judiciary, rule of law, production of missing persons and reinstatement of the suspended Chief Justice of Pakistan. They also pledged to continue their protest till the fulfilment these demands.
The counsel members of the defunct Chief Justice of Pakistan Munir A Malik, Ali Ahmed Kurd and Justice Tariq Mehmood (Retd) also participated in the protest.
Addressing the gathering, Munir A Malik said that they would continue their fight against what he called 'attack on judiciary'. Expressing his sympathy with the missing persons, he said that all these kept in illegal detention should be immediately released.
Ali Ahmed Kurd claimed that all these missing persons were in the custody of Inter Service Intelligence (ISI) and the Military Intelligence (MI) and they should be allowed to rejoin their families.
He demanded to release these people. Otherwise, their protest would be changed into a gigantic movement. Justice Tariq Mehmood said that keeping people in confinement was illegal, unconstitutional and violation of fundamental human rights.
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