May 24, 2008	Saturday	Jamadi-ul-Awwal 18, 1429

FAISALABAD, May 23: The Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) will support a constitutional package by the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) for the reinstatement of judges if it meets the wishes of people, lawyers and political forces.

Punjab Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Rana Sanaullah told reporters on Friday that people wanted to see judges in their offices at pre-Nov 3 positions. He said the PML-N would decide to support the bill expected to be tabled next month.

He said the PPP and the PML-N were signatories of the Murree declaration, that set a deadline for the reinstatement of judges, but the PPP backed out.

He said, however, the PML-N did not doubt the sincerity of the PPP over the issue.

Dictatorship was fragile now in Pakistan and days of President Pervez Musharraf were numbered, Mr Sanaullah said, adding that the PML-Q would also be vanished.

He criticised the PPP over the appointment of Salman Taseer as Punjab governor, saying that the party had chosen such a person for the top provincial slot who had not even attended the funeral prayer of Benazir Bhutto. The Bhutto was assassinated in a suicide-and-bomb attack on Dec 27 last in Rawalpindi, when she was leaving the Liaqat Bagh after addressing a public gathering.

He said even though the PML-N had reservations about Mr Taseer, but would cooperate with him on constitutional matters.

The minister said 3,000 policemen would be deployed for the protection and protocol of deposed chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry on his arrival to Faisalabad and a bulletproof rostrum would also be arranged for him.

He said the Punjab government also offered bulletproof car to Justice Chaudhry, whom he called the real chief justice, and would be ready upon his orders.

Also, scores of welcome camps have been set up en route the deposed CJP would be lead to bar premises and the district bar association had also finalised arrangements. Traffic police has also issued a traffic and diversion plan for vehicles reach to attend the function.