Punjab Governor Sardar Saleem Haider Khan said the constitution was a supreme document which would be strengthened through constitutional amendment. Addressing the District Bar Association (DBA), he said amendments would be made after due process of consultation with all stakeholders including lawyers. He said that PPP wanted a strategic balance between judicial commission and parliamentary party with a focused vision to strengthen the democracy. He said that all decisions must be made on merit and there should be no room to speculate decisions on the basis of bench formulation. He said that his party had offered unprecedented sacrifices for the independence of judiciary. “I was in forefront of the movement for the restoration of former chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry”, he said and added that upon his restoration, Iftikhar Chaudhry smartly ignored the lawyers as well as political parties.

He said that constitutional amendment had become a buzzword today. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari intended to add some constitutional amendments with a clear objective to strengthen the democracy and parliamentary system of the country. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari had visited different bars in Karachi and Balochistan and he would soon visit Faisalabad to further clarify the party stand on the constitutional amendments, he added. The Governor Punjab supported the demand of High Court Bench in Faisalabad and assured of his full cooperation in this regard. Earlier, President DBA Mian Anwaar-ul-Haq Advocate presented the demand of Lahore High Court bench in Faisalabad and said that different governments had intentionally skipped this issue which was deemed imperative to provide justice to 25 million people of this region at their door steps.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan