Protesting lawyers destabilising for government

• Print
• Email

Updated March 13, 2009 20:30:21

Police in Pakistan have clashed with lawyers and their supporters who tried to march on the capital.

Organisers had intended the four-day march from cities across Pakistan to climax in a peaceful protest outside Parliament in Islamabad. They want President Ali Asif Zardari to fulfil a pledge to reinstate all judges sacked under military ruler General Pervez Musharraf. The government however, says the march is doing nothing but destabilise the country.

Presenter: Sen Lam
Speaker: Dr Shabir Cheema, senior fellow at the East West Centre in Hawaii

• Listen:
• Windows Media

• Anwar Ibrahim to concentrate on politics
• Australia accused of rewarding Burma too soon
• North Korean propaganda builds up Kim Jong-un
• PNG leader won't resign over Indonesia airspace incident
• Rudd praises Indonesian cooperation on asylum seekers
• Anwar Ibrahim cleared of sodomy charges
• Elephant poo paper at hit with Bali tourists
• Musharraf announces return to Pakistan