President Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Aitezaz Ahsan Thursday said independence of judiciary is not possible without reinstatement of deposed chief justice, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. Addressing a press conference here, he said lawyers would decide if he should contest the by-elections due on June 26, 2008.
He vowed to stick with the lawyers movement even after he gets elected as an M-N-A.

Aitezaz Ahsan said the All Pakistan Representatives Lawyers Conference -- which is scheduled to take place on May 17th -- will take the decision of his participation in the bye-polls.

He claimed that the American bar councils and civil society organizations support the lawyers’ movement but the Bush administration does not.

Aitzaz said the deposed judges may participate in the rallies, as they can address the bar council meetings as speakers, but they will not speak to the media.

Meanwhile, in Lahore, PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif has said that there would be no compromise on the restoration of deposed judges.

He expressed these views while talking to US ambassador Anne W Patterson who called on him at his Raiwind residence.

Matters related to Pak-US relations, political situation, judicial crisis and war on terror were discussed in detail.

According to sources the US ambassador exchanged extensive views with Nawaz Sharif on the current political situation and the judge issue however no pressure was exerted on the PML-N leader in this regard.

Nawaz Sharif told the US ambassador that no compromise would be made on the judge issue as an independent judiciary, supremacy of parliament is vital for the stability of the country.

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