QUETTA March 11: Balochistan Bar Council vice-chairman Amanullah Kanrani has said that lawyers in Quetta would not boycott courts on Monday in protest against the suspension of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhary.

Speaking at a press conference here on Sunday, he said a meeting of the Balochistan Bar Council would be held on March 12 to discuss the issue.

Mr Kanrani said that the suspension of the chief justice was the result of a tussle between

the government and the chief justice and the issue should not be a matter of concern for people.

He said that Justice Iftikhar Chaudhary belonged to Balochistan, but he did not take notice of missing persons on appeals of people from the province.

He said that the lawyers should not become party in the dispute between the government and the judiciary.

Mr Kanrani said that the present system of government was imposed on people with the support of opposition and religious parties and all classes failed to launch an effective movement against the government.

He said that the people were being deceived by expecting from a weak personality that a revolution would come in the country through the chief justice.

He said the chief justice was respectable for us, but facts should be brought before the people.

He said that Inftikhar Chaudhary was made advocate-general of Balochistan in 1989 by Nawab Akbar Bugti (the then chief minister).

The federal government appointed him as a judge of Balochistan after his name was recommended by Chief Minister Hamayun Marri.

Mr Kanrani said that when Justice Chaudhary’s father died, Nawab Bugti not only attended the funeral, but also participated in his fateha for three consecutive days.

He said that when Nawab Bugti was killed, the chief justice did not come to offer fateha.