The Supreme Court’s conviction of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani of contempt of court sparks anger among the pro-government lawyers and Pakistan People’s Party’s workers who tried to march towards the residence of Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.
After the SC judgement, PPP MPA Nargis Faiz Malik along with around 200 PPP workers staged a protest demonstration against the judiciary. They also tried to go towards the resident of the CJP but police stopped them to do so after which they burnt tyres in front of the local hotel. Dozens of pro-government lawyer staged a protest demonstration against the Supreme Court decision of convicting PM Gilani of contempt of court.
The protest was led by son of the governor of Punjab, Advocate Khurram Latif Khosa while the lawyers from Rawalpindi and Multan also participated in the demonstration.
Meanwhile, the arrival of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani before the seven-member bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday not only appear to be a embarrassing for the premier, himself, but once again created a large number of problems for the litigants and commuters who visits the red zone for their routine works.
As Gilani had to appear before the court, the law enforcement agencies of the capital city sealed most of the roads leading towards the SC. “Only those who have special entry passes, to attend the contempt of court proceedings against Gilani, were allowed to enter the SC premises and on the other hand people, who came their to appear in their own cases, also found it hard to enter the superior court premises.”
PPP activists try to march towards CJP’s house in protest
