The Supreme Court was on Thursday urged to come to the rescue of its chief justice like the army had when its chief, General Pervez Musharraf, was sacked in October 1999.

“I will show you how institutions react when their heads are removed illegally. This court must show the same reaction to save the chief justice,” submitted Aitzaz Ahsan while pleading the case of Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.

“The reaction of institutions must be legal and constitutional,” observed Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday, the head of a 13-member full court hearing the CJP’s petition challenging the presidential reference against him. Read the rest of this entry »

President General Pervez Musharraf Thursday said media is a powerful tool of accountability and its role is extremely important for portraying the positive image of the country.

He was addressing a joint gathering of the officers of Pakistan Air Force and Pakistan Navy at Air Headquarters, Islamabad.

The President said that the freedom of media is no doubt essential but it is also the responsibility of media not to create despondency among the masses.

He said that the media should highlight only the issues of national importance and should not try to aggravate the negative issues.
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