Benazir not for restoration of judges

KARACHI: PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto has said PPP wants restoration of judiciary rather than judges.

"Judiciary should be restored rather than judges. We support independent judiciary and not the judges as judiciary was not independent before November, 3" too , she said this while addressing a press conference here Thursday in Bilawal house.

She indicated judges who had not taken oath under PCO in the past were also not restored. She cited to the case of Justice (Retd) Saeed ul Zaman Siddiqui in this respect. Those who are demanding for restoration of November, 3 position, we don’t support their demand. We want the whole judiciary should be independent", she remarked.

To a question if she considered Iftikhar Chaudhry as chief justice of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto instead of giving any proper reply said she had already answered to this question "We respect the judges and they should be given their due status", she maintained. They should be set free and allowed all facilities including pension.