PANA Calls for Reinstatement
of Judges
Chicago, IL: The Pakistan American National
Alliance (PANA) has called for the immediate reinstatement
of the following thirteen individuals, mostly judges, who
were either fired for supporting the Chief Justice or had
resigned in protest against Gen Musharraf's unconstitutional
action.
High Court Judge Justice Jawad S Khawaja; Civil Judges Iram
Jehangir, Malik Javed Iqbal, Ashraf Yar Khan, Rajesh Chandra,
Sakhi Mustafa, Pir Ali Syed Rashdi, Allah Wachaio, and Ihsam
Malik; Additional Sessions and Civil Judge Zulfiqar Ali
and Syed Khurshid; Deputy Attorney General Nasir Saeed Sheikh;
and Additional Advocate General (Punjab) Qaiser Khalil.
A PANA Press Release says: These are the unacknowledged
and unsung heroes of the 2007 pro-democracy movement. The
nation owes them a debt of gratitude and the time has come
to pay that debt. PANA is in the process of contacting leaders
of various Pakistani Supreme and Court bar associations
to enlist their support. PANA has already invited some members
of the Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry's legal
team to visit the United States.
For more information contact: Raja Yaqub, Media Director,
Pakistan American National Alliance (773) 216 – 5464.
The PANA members include the following: Coalition of Pakistani
Organizations of Chicago (COPOC), Indus Society (IS), Pakistan
American Council of Texapacts (PACT), Pakistan American
Democratic Forum (PADF), Pakistani-American Democratic Dialogue
(PADD), Pakistan Association of Riverside (PAR) dmh, Pakistan
Cultural Association of New Orleans (PCANO), Pakistan League
of America (PLA), and Pakistan-USA Freedom Forum (PUFF).
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