UNITED NATIONS, March 22: Expressing concern over recent events in Pakistan following the presidential action against the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, two independent United Nations human rights experts on Wednesday called on the country’s authorities to act to remedy the situation.

“Demonstrators, including lawyers, journalists, political activists and civil society actors, have taken to streets since 12 March to protest against this presidential decision, which is broadly seen as constituting an attack against the independence of the judiciary,” the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Leandro Despouy, and the Secretary-General’s Special Representative on the situation of human rights defenders, Hina Jilani, said in a joint statement.