September 20, 2002	Friday	Rajab 12, 1423

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ISLAMABAD, Sept 19: The rule of law and supremacy of the Constitution prioritizes the agenda of every candidate of PPP, besides their pledge to resolve the grievances of the residents of their respective constituencies.

This was said by Dr Babar Awan, PPP candidate for NA-48, at a reception hosted in his honour by the Islamabad Bar Association (IBA).

He said the PPP was striving for the cause of justice and well-being of the countrymen despite its leadership being subjected to the worst ever victimization.

He said the suppressed classes could never benefit nor peace in the country could be restored if there was no “respect for the law and Constitution”.

The present government has made a mockery of law and Constitution only to prolong its rule and for this purpose to defame the popular leaders of the opposition, he said.

Mr Awan said it was a matter of pride for all citizens concerned that the lawyers community was determined to safeguard their Constitutional rights and all their interests.

Seeking all out support of the lawyers’ community, he said: “He had made it clear to the party chairperson, Benazir Bhutto, that he would get all his pledges fulfilled if elected and that the party leadership would not object to his intentions in case of his success in the elections.”

He promised to resolve all the problems faced by the lawyers as well as by the residents of the capital.

Welcoming the PPP candidate, the IBA’s secretary-general, Tariq Mehmood Jehangiri, said the lawyers were proud to see their colleague awarded ticket by the most popular party of the country.

A leader of the lawyers community, Mujtaba Haider Sherazi, speaking at the reception, said it was quite clear that the October 10 elections were in fact a “fight between the democratic and anti-people forces”.

He was confident that majority of the countrymen would reject the anti-democratic forces and pave the way for the rule of their true representatives “in the interest of their future generations”.