[Marxism] Emergency in Pakistan: Voices of Protest

[Sukla Sen <suklasenp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

LPP vows to resist draconian Emergency

Lends full support to resisting judges

Hails lawyers for taking up the fight

Lahore: The Labour Party Pakistan (LPP) has strongly
condemned the Musharraf regime for imposing Emergency
thus depriving the people of Pakistan of their
already-limited basic human and democratic rights. 
The LPP Chairperson, Nisar Shah, and Secretary General
Farooq Tariq, in a joint statement issued here
Saturday vowed to resist the imposition of Emergency
in collaboration with civil society bodies, trade
unions and opposition parties. 
While lending full support to the resisting Supreme
Court judges and Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar
Ch., the LPP leaders condemned Justice hameed Dogar
for taking oath under new PCO saying: ? Regardless of
the immediate outcome of the judges fight against the
generals, the resisting judges have deprived the
Emergency of all its justification? .
They said that it was unprecedented in the history of
Pakistan that judiciary had showed such a courage.
?This resistance also owes to the mass movement led by
lawyers fraternity last summer that humbled the
Musharaff regime and chief justice was reinstated',?
they added. 
They also hailed the Karachi lawyers for taking lead
in announcing to launch their struggle to fight back
Emergency. 
The LPP leaders appealed to activists, trade unions
and civil body organisations to join hands with
resisting judges and lawyers to rid the country of
military regime. 
They said: ?Though the regime is likely to use
Taliban-occupation of certain districts in Frontier
province as a pretext to impose Emergency yet it is
most likely that Emergency is imposed to pre-empt a
court ruling against Musharaff's re-election.
Emergency means that all basic democratic rights will
be suspended while courts would have their powers
curtailed?.
?Pakistan has been in grip of political crisis and
regime was facing growing mass resentment. This
Emergency is a desperate attempt to cling to power,?
they added. 


Farooq Tariq 
general secretary 
Labour Party Pakistan 
40-Abbot Road Lahore, Pakistan 
Tel: 92 42 6315162 Fax: 92 42 6271149  Mobile: 92 300
8411945, 




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