PM’s Address Today, Judges Hold Meeting

The Judges' meeting lasted from 9.30am to 6pm. They HAD Similar Held a meeting last week.

According to Reliable Sources, Yousuf Raza Gilani will make an Attempt Thurs allay the apex court's apprehensions and misgivings set off on Thursday's TV reports about Reversal of the Judges' reinstatement order.

The judiciary has ISSUED notices to the Attorney General, the Chairman and Pemra Three Officials of private TV channels Thurs Appear before a 17-judge bench on Monday.

Sources Dawn Told That The Prime Minister had occurred Made the Decision To Address The Nation after meeting President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday "when the Supreme Court ISSUED blunt a restraining order stating That Attempts Thurs void the March 16, 2009, notification Would mean subverting the Constitution - Defined as High Treason under Article 6 of the Constitution.

The order was ISSUED on the Attorney General expressed his inability Thurs Provide a Written Statement of the Prime Minister on the issue despite a directive of the Judges.

Dramatic Incidents have dominated the Past Three Days - The Nation saw all the Judges re-assembling at the SC building at midnight on Friday despite the Fact That They HAD Already Held a six-hour meeting. Another nine-hour meeting was Held on Saturday. This has proved unnerving for The Nation That has Been witnessing a Tug of War Between the judiciary and the government for over two years.

These are all Developments Taking Place at a time "when the 17-judge bench of the Supreme Court has completed hearing of petitions Challenging Key Provisions of the 18th Amendment and is EE Thurs announce the verdict shortly.

The court is hearing an appeal Also by the government against the ITS Decision of nullifying the NO and a case study about the ITS Implementation.

Political Observers Believe That the future scenario will somehow Become clearer on the prime minister's address. The address has Acquired significance Particularly after a joint news conference the Minister of Law, Babar Awan and Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira on Friday in Which They Targeted Both the judiciary and the media for Their Role in the Ongoing Crisis.

It will be interesting to see Whether the prime minister talks Also in the murky tone and tenor or adopts a conciliatory mode.

The Prime Minister is EE Thurs Also take the nation into confidence on the government's Efforts for the Rehabilitation of the flood-AFFECTED People and the forthcoming 'Strategic Dialogue' With The

SC MEETING: According to sources, the purpose of Such meetings was Thurs Evolve a consensus and it was Not clear if the deliberations concluded had occurred.

It Is Also Not clear as Thurs When The verdict on the petitions Challenging the Amendment Will Be Announced.

On Sept 30, a full 17-judge court reserved ITS verdict after over four months of hearing.The proceedings commenced on May 24

The Provisions of the Amendment Challenged by the petitioners include a new mechanism, introduced unanimously by parliament under Article 175-A for appointing Superior Court Judges.

A number of petitions HAD Also oppose the renaming of the NWFP as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, deletion of Article 17 (4) about the intra-party Elections and insertion of Article 63-A, Empowering the party heads Thurs have a final say in Cases of defection.