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		<title>NA Resolution to Restore Judges Drafted by PLM-N</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The News is reporting that PLM-N has finished drafting a resloution for adoption by the National Assembly.  The draft, written by constitutional scholar Fakhruddin G Ebrahim, calls upon the federal government to remove all restrictions placed on the chief justices and judges of the superior courts.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=13641">The News</a> is reporting that PLM-N has finished drafting a resloution for adoption by the National Assembly.  The draft, written by constitutional scholar Fakhruddin G Ebrahim, calls upon the federal government to remove all restrictions placed on the chief justices and judges of the superior courts.</p>
<p><span id="more-17"></span>Further, the draft reads in part: &#8220;And whereas, this assembly is mindful that the foundation of democracy cannot survive without a return to the rule of law. We are mindful that the rule of law cannot survive the rule of the gun unless we have an independent judiciary. And, we are cognizant that we shall never have an independent judiciary if judges of the superior courts of this country are imprisoned at the whims of a lone individual.&#8221;</p>
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