Judge rallies support in Pakistan heartland
Monday, June 18, 2007
THOUSANDS of lawyers and opposition activists greeted Pakistan's suspended chief justice as he travelled to the country's heartland on the weekend in a campaign against the president's move to sack him.
Supporters of suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry waited through the night as his convoy took more than 20 hours to reach the industrial city of Faisalabad from the capital Islamabad, a journey that normally takes four hours.
Chaudhry and a convoy of lawyers and opposition supporters waving flags from their cars made several stops in sun-baked farming towns of Punjab province on their way to Faisalabad.
Thousands of opposition supporters lined roads and threw rose petals as Chaudhry's caravan inched its way through towns.Reuters
Supporters of suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry waited through the night as his convoy took more than 20 hours to reach the industrial city of Faisalabad from the capital Islamabad, a journey that normally takes four hours.
Chaudhry and a convoy of lawyers and opposition supporters waving flags from their cars made several stops in sun-baked farming towns of Punjab province on their way to Faisalabad.
Thousands of opposition supporters lined roads and threw rose petals as Chaudhry's caravan inched its way through towns.Reuters
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