NewsFriday, March 07, 2008
Burney threatens to resign over CJP issue
ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Human Rights Minister Ansar Burney on Thursday threatened to step down if the government failed to justify the detention of sacked chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and his family. Talking to Daily Times, Burney said he had written a letter to the Law Ministry asking it to explain the legal grounds on which the top judge and his family were detained at their house. He said the ministry had declined to comment on the issue, saying that the matter pertained to the Interior Ministry. Burney said he had sought the same explanation from the Interior Ministry but had not had any reply. “If I do not get a response in a day or two I will go to former chief justice (CJ) of Pakistan Chaudhry’s residence myself. It is below human dignity to keep the kids of the former CJ Justice in detention. The government must explain if there was any legal provision to keep a chief justice in detention along with his kids,” he said, adding that he had told the higher authorities, including President Musharraf, that he could quit the ministry in protest. staff report
Courtesy Daily Times