Aitzaz to boycott elections

LAHORE: President Supreme Court Bar and Peoples Party leader Chaudhry Aitizaz Ahsan has announced boycott of the elections.

Aitizaz’s spouse Bushra Aitizaz, talking to Geo News here said, her husband has directed his lawyers Shaukat Ali Javed and Mian Tariq in writing to withdraw his nomination papers. Chaudhry Aitizaz Ahsan has been detained since Nov. 3 proclamation of emergency rule. He was earlier detained at Adyala Jail Rawalpindi but later brought to Lahore for filing his nomination papers for elections and since than has been kept under house arrest at his Zaman Park residence. He is Pakistan Peoples Party’s candidate for NA-124 Lahore. Muslim League (N) leader Mian Nawaz Sharif has also announced to support him. Aitizaz Ahsan had earlier announced to drive a judicial bus from Lahore to Islamabad for restoration of judiciary.

@ The News