Imran Khan has given a commitment to his supporters that only clean politicians will be awarded a ticket for parliamentary elections. He has appointed a prominent lawyer to head a committee which will scrutinise all prospective candidates. This leading lawyer was a very vocal supporter of the movement for restoration of judiciary and was a prominent member of the lawyer community. It is also a fact that the lawyer leadership had called for boycott of the PCO judges as part of the movement to restore judges removed by Gen Pervez Musharraf.
It is an unfortunate fact that this lawyer and members of his chamber kept on appearing before the PCO judges, in spite of being amongst those who played a vital role to call for the boycott. Is this not a breach of trust and susceptibility to compromise for financial benefits in terms of heavy legal fees? This gentleman continues to plead cases of his clients in Court 1, although many others like Aitzaz Ahsan have chosen not to do so.
GULL ZAMAN
Peshawar