Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry. — Photo by Online

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Supreme Court of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry on Wednesday said Pakistan can only progress as a democratic country, DawnNews reported.

While meeting a delegation of Supreme Court Bar Council, Chaudhry said “We have to remain united for the supremacy of law and constitution.”

“Only a democratic Pakistan can progress,” said the CJ.

He said that the bench and the bar have a common agenda of supremacy of law and constitution.

Bar Council’s president Yasin Azad said that any unconstitutional step will not be accepted. “A military government will not be accepted,” he added.

Earlier, a meeting of the Bar appreciated the apex court’s NRO verdict and demanded to handle noncompliant with an iron fist.