As a lawyer I am incensed by the jailing of protesting Pakistani lawyers and judges by Gen. Pervez Musharraf. I read Musharraf's autobiography, In the Line of Fire, and I was impressed by his seeming intelligence and good judgment. What a let down!
You cannot have a rule of law if you imprison a judge because the decision goes against you. How is Musharraf any better than those parties who lose a case and then threaten the judge or the opposing lawyer? The answer is, there is no difference. Musharraf is as bad as anyone who has ever taken revenge on the court because of an unfavorable decision.
All lawyers should rise up and protest Musharraf's illegal detention of members of the Pakistani legal profession.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
GEN. MUSHARRAF - FREE PAKISTANI LAWYERS AND JUDGES
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