ISLAMABAD, March 22: Chairperson of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Benazir Bhutto has urged the nation to support the lawyers in their ongoing struggle to uphold the rule of law and supremacy of the Constitution, in the country. In her message on the occasion of Pakistan Day, the PPP chairperson said, “On this day, let us all resolve that we shall endeavour to uphold the rule of law and (the) Constitution by demanding that the Chief Justice be reinstated. Let us resolve to support the Bar in its struggle till the Chief Justice is reinstated. “When our founding fathers resolved to carve out an independent state, they had in mind a state where constitutionalism and rule of law reigned supreme.”—Staff Reporter

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