A cross-country convoy of Pakistani lawyers and political
activists drove towards Islamabad today for a protest to demand the reinstatement
of judges fired by President Pervez Musharraf last year.
Supporters of deposed
Supreme Court chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry see his restoration as the first step
in setting Pakistan on a path to democracy and justice.
Political parties backing
the lawyers' movement hope Chaudhry's reinstatement will lead to the ouster of President
Musharraf.
We spoke to Defence Analyst at the Pakistan Institute for International
Affairs, Jack Ikramseghel, who says that, in time, the lawyers will be re-instated.