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Firing at Pak's suspended CJ's home
Published on Thu, May 10, 2007 at 13:18, Updated on Thu, May 10, 2007 at 13:36 in World section
Tags: Pakistan, Suspended Chief Justice , New Delhi
IN TROUBLE: 15 shots were fired at the house of former chief justice Iftikar Chowdhury's house.
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New Delhi: Unidentified attackers fire at the house of the Pakistan's sacked chief justice's lawyer just days before a rally in support of Iftikar Chowdhury.
However no one was injured in the incident.
The attorney, Munir Malik, and local police said about 15 shots were fired at the house, two of which penetrated an upstairs room.
The attack came two days before a planned rally in Karachi in support of suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry.
The government says it has evidence that Chaudhry sought unwarranted favours for himself and relatives - charges the judge has denied.
''The government will leave no stone unturned to reach to the depth of this incident and the culprits will be brought to book,'' Sindh government spokesman Salahuddin Haider said.
Lawyers in Karachi boycotted court proceedings to protest the attack on Malik's home, said Naeem Qureshi, secretary general of the Karachi Bar Association.
Pakistan has been slipping toward political crisis ever since Musharraf, a key ally of the United States in its war on terror, suspended Chaudhry on March 9 over allegations of misconduct.
The government insists the move was nonpolitical and said it has evidence that Chaudhry sought unwarranted favors for himself and relatives - something the judge denies.
But its action has enraged lawyers, drawn wide condemnation in the media and galvanized Pakistan's fragmented political opposition, which is intensifying its campaign against Musharraf's plan to seek another term as president later this year.
Critics accuse Musharraf, who seized power in a 1999 coup and remains head of the army, of trying to remove Chaudhry, in case of legal challenges to his continued rule. The judge has a reputation for independence and challenging the government.
Chaudhry was to travel to Karachi on Saturday for a rally organized by lawyers' associations that is expected to draw large crowds of legal professionals and opposition supporters - a week after the judge drew nearly 20,000 people in the eastern city of Lahore.
(With AP inputs)
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