Sacked Pak Chief Justice asks for open trial
K J M Varma
Islamabad, Mar 11 (PTI) Sacked Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftakar Muhammad Chaudhry today asked for an open trial by the Supreme Judicial Council to adjudicate the allegations of misconduct and misuse of authority leveled against him by President Pervez Musharraf. Chaudhry, who has been kept incommunicado by the government after he was sacked on Friday and sent home with police escort, was permitted to meet this evening retired Air Marshal Asgha Ali Khan. Khan told the media after meeting the sacked Chief Justice that Chaudhry firmly denied allegations against him and asked SJC to conduct an open trial by permitting media and lawyers’ fraternity. SJC has asked Chaudhry to appear before it to contest the charges. Khan said Chaudhry has been confined to his house for the past two days and denied access to telephone, TV and newspapers. He was totally kept under incommunicado, he said. Earlier Chaudhry told Supreme Court Bar Association President Munir A Malik yesterday on phone that he would contest the allegations against him. “I will never resign voluntarily. I have done nothing wrong,” Chaudhry responded when he was contacted on phone by Malik during a press conference. PTI Universal News
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