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Islamabad, Oct 26 (PTI) Asserting that there is no judicial crisis in Pakistan, President Asif Ali Zardari has said the deposed judges, including ex-Chief Justice Iftikhar M Chaudhry, should contest polls instead of issuing political statements. Zardari said he saw "no judicial crisis in the country except a few deposed judges issuing political statements.
" "The way these former judges are delivering speeches similar to that of politicians, I would advise the Prime Minister to give them a party ticket for the Senate elections to be held next year," he said. "I do not see even a minute (of) judicial crisis except a few judges delivering political speeches.
Forty-two out of 62 (deposed) judges have taken a new oath and now it's a problem of only four-five people, as many of them have already retired," Zardari told 'The News' daily. Despite repeated calls from the opposition PML-N for reinstating all the judges deposed by former President Pervez Musharraf during the emergency rule last year, Zardari's PPP has refrained from restoring Chaudhry and a handful of other judges who have refused to take fresh oath.
Senior PPP leaders have also said Chaudhry could be reinstated but would not get back his earlier post. Asked whether the four-five judges who were "a problem" included Chaudhry, Zardari jokingly said he was so popular that he "might pose a threat to the government" as these judges had assumed the role of politicians.
The President has the power to lift the two-year ban on any judge or government employee contesting polls after retiring, Zardari said. PTI
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