Rousing welcome awaits deposed CJ in Bahawalpur

Saturday, July 26, 2008 By our correspondent BAHAWALPUR: Deposed chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry will address the All Pakistan Lawyers Convention here on Saturday. According to the schedule, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry would arrive here at 7 pm from Multan via Lodhran. The Bahawalpur High Court Bar Association (BHCBA) and Bahawalpur Bar Association, in collaboration with the bar associations of Rahimyar Khan and Bahawalnagar, have made elaborate arrangements to accord a rousing welcome to the deposed chief justice at the River Sutlej bridge. Later, he will be brought to the Bahawalpur High Court building in a big procession through the Farid Gate, Circular Road and Chowk Fawara. Political parties, including the PML-N and the Jamaat-e-Islami, have displayed huge banners inscribed with slogans in favour of Iftikhar... [read full story]