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Friday, March 07, 2008
Kayani can restore sacked judges: Justice Tariq Pervez
By Iqbal Khattak
PESHAWAR: Sacked Peshawar High Court top judge Justice Tariq Pervez said on Wednesday that Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Kayani could “recall the November 3 order” by his predecessor, President Pervez Musharraf, to restore the sacked judges. “If the present chief of army staff (Gen Kayani) deems that the order or steps or the notification passed on November 3 from his office under his signature – I mean his designation – should not have been issued, he can say I hereby recall the order of my predecessor,” Justice Tariq Pervez told Daily Times at his residence on Wednesday. Justice Tariq had declined to take oath under the Provisional Constitution Order after President Musharraf imposed a state of emergency on November 3 last year as the army chief. “If a deputy commissioner detains someone under a law for a month and he is transferred 10 days after his order and a new DC takes over. If the new incumbent deems the order is not further required he could withdraw it.” “Any amendment to the Constitution has to be validated by two-thirds majority vote in parliament. If someone wants to get his acts validated and make them part of the Constitution, he shall take them to parliament and ask for a vote,” he said.
Courtesy Daily Times