Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party chairman Dr Qadir Magsi has said the judiciary has raised a bulwark against any unconstitutional and dictatorial step.
He said martial law would have been imposed in the country if Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Choudhry had not prevented it.
He was addressing a gathering of STP activists held on Friday evening to mark the 17th death anniversary of Saheb Khan Chandio, Abdul Aziz Jatoi, Riaz Rind, Fazal Jan Sarhandi, Iqbal Vighio and Aurangzeb Mughal. They were killed in police firing in Karachi on Jan 13, 1995.
Dr Magsi alleged that the rulers were trying to hoodwink people to hide their corruption, inefficiency and failure. He warned that if they did not change their attitude and stop confrontation with the judiciary, and failed to ensure the rule of law in the country, they would have to go packing and the people would once again be subjected to an authoritarian rule.
He said the judiciary had remained subservient to army and civilian dictators for 60 years but it had become independent because of the sacrifices of lawyers, civil society, democratic forces and people at large.
He, however, said that the present rulers had a feudal mindset and they were not prepared to accept independence of the judiciary.
The rulers would be held accountable for what they had done to Pakistan, and particularly Sindh, Dr Magsi said.
He said the PPP government had harmed the cause of Sindh and it would have to pay for it.
He said the rulers had betrayed the Sindhi people by allowing construction of Greater Thal Canal, Bhasha dam, Akhori dam and Zulfiqarabad city. Now they are auctioning the coal of Sindh.
He said that an ethnic group had been imposed on Sindh, alleging that by raising the issue of new provinces, ground was being levelled to divide Sindh.
He asked the people of Sindh to reject corrupt people in the next general elections.
He said the people of Sindh had been reposing confidence in the PPP for 40 years but the party had always betrayed Sindh and Sindhi people.
Qadir Channa, Hote Khan Gadhi, Muzaffar Kalhoro and Dr Abdul Hameed Memon also spoke on the occasion.
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