LAHORE: Representatives of several bar associations in the Punjab have vowed to launch a movement against Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani over his refusal to step down despite his contempt conviction by the Supreme Court.
A resolution to this effect was passed at the All Punjab Lawyers Convention at Aiwan-i-Adl by representatives of 27 bar associations including the Rawalpindi and Multan High Court Bar Associations. However, representatives of another 85 bar associations were invited to the event but did not turn up, The Express Tribune learnt from organisers.
The resolution passed by the lawyers also covered the NATO supply lines, relations between bar and bench, the funding of bar associations, inflation and load-shedding.
The lawyers said that there was no room in the Constitution or in morality for a man convicted of a crime to continue as prime minister. They said that the refusal of the president, prime minister and cabinet to act upon Supreme Court judgements posed a danger to the Constitution, integrity and solidarity of Pakistan.
