Activities

13/01/2008

CCP members jointly decide to carry on with the street protests originating from Aitzaz Ahsan’s house every Sunday despite the bomb blast a few days earlier. Mrs. Nasira Iqbal, Mr. Ali Ahsan and Mrs. Bushra Aitzaz deliver speeches on the current situation stressing CCP’s one point agenda. Participants line both sides of the canal, raise slogans, display banners and posters and distribute printed material (flyers as well as stickers) to motorists etc. An event well received and widely projected by the electronic and print media.

11/01/2008

CCP members congregate in front of High Court, along with lawyers, to lay wreaths and flowers at the site of the blast in memory of the policemen and other people killed there. A group of CCP members visit Mayo Hospital to inquire about the condition of the injured blast victims.

10/01/2008

CCP members go to Lahore Bar to participate in lawyers’ weekly protest. A fortunate delay of about 25 minutes saves the participants from a suicide bomb attack at the GPO chowk where the group was headed. Blast kills more than 30 people including 20 young policemen. Lawyers’ rally aborted.

06/01/2008

A protest demonstration staged in front of Aitzaz Ahsan’s house to shift focus back to judicial crisis after the Benazir Bhutto’s assassination. Senator Shafqat Mehmud and Bushra Aitzaz address the gathering. One point agenda of Restoration of Judiciary, Constitution and the Rule of Law reaffirmed. People from different organizations like AGHS, WAF, SCBA and political parties participate. Posters, flyers and banners distributed.

31/12/2007

New Year’s eve protest plan revived. Programme held at the Lahore Press Club Auditorium coordinated with lawyers’ 24 hrs hunger strike at the same venue. Opening speech by Hamid Zaman about the civil society movement and its significance. Speech by Mrs. Bushra Aitzaz expressed condolences for Benazir Bhutto. Short dialogue about dictatorship and freedom of thought enacted by WAF members. New year’s resolution in Urdu and English read out by Justice Nasira Iqbal and Advocate Salman Raja. Revolutionary songs and Du’a sung by a group of CCP members led by Sarah Zaman.

27/12/2007

Benazir Bhutto assassinated. All activities curtailed forthwith.

26/12/2007

CCP responds to the call by Lahore Bar and Supreme Court Bar Association to observe Black Day in response to the treatment meted out to Aitzaz Ahsan. Chairman, Supreme Court Bar.

25/12/2007

CCP members join a protest called by SAC at Minar-e-Pakistan. Leaflets highlighting Quaid-e-Azam’s birthday and his vision of Pakistan distributed.

23/12/2007

Rally coordinated with other like-minded groups including lawyers, HRCP and WAF, at Mazar-e-Iqbal and Huzuri Bagh. Police barricade the monument but one gate is opened and members allowed to enter. Flyers distributed amongst a crowd of about 1000 people. Afterwards, members visit the Geo TV protest camp at the Lahore Press Club.

21/12/2007

CCP members visit the houses of various deposed judges to wish Eid Mubarak and to show support & solidarity. Aitzaz Ahsan arrested again. Members gather at his house at short notice and march to the Shahra-e- Quaid-e-Azam for demonstration and speeches. About 250-300 people attend and flyers are distributed amongst the passers by.

21/12/2007

Over 75,000 pamphlets aimed at raising awareness about the restoration of the Judiciary distributed in different mosques after Eid prayers.

20/12/2007

Members of the CCP join the weekly lawyers protest at the Aiwan-e-Adl.

19/12/2007

CCP delegates visit houses of different deposed judges with Chaudry Aitzaz Ahsan to express solidarity. Candle light march with SAC from the residence of Aitzaz Ahsan to to The Mall as a protest.

11-18/12/2007

Stickers & flyers demanding the restoration of the Judiciary distributed to the members of clubs and chambers etc. with the aim of creating awareness among larger segments of society.

12/12/2007

Delegation of members from CCP present bouquets to non-PCO Judges addressing lawyers at Aiwan-e-Adl, Lahore.

9-11/12/2007

Regular visits to SAC (Students Action Committee) Hunger Strike Camp at Lahore Press Club to express solidarity besides providing assistance.

08/11/2007

Week long vigil outside Justice Siddiqui’s residence in G.O.R.I against Government’s eviction orders ends as protesters are arrested from there.

03/12/2007

Members participate in a demonstration by WAF (Women’s Action Forum) at Quaid-e-Azam Library, Bagh-e-Jinnah.

01/12/2007

Demonstration outside the residence of Mr. Aitzaz Ahsan.

25/11/2007

Gathering at Badshahi Mosque for Asar prayer followed by protest demonstration and poetry recitation at Allama Iqbal’s tomb.

21/11/2007

CCP members protest at Lahore Press Club, Shimla Pahari.