ISLAMABAD, March 5: President Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Aitzaz Ahsan said on Wednesday that two-thirds majority in parliament was not required for reinstating the deposed judges, including chief justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry.

Addressing a gathering of lawyers and human right activists outside a hunger strike camp near the residence of the deposed chief justice, he said the next government would restore all the deposed judges even without a two-thirds majority.

He said the legal community would continue struggle against President Pervez Musharraf and they would take legal action against him for removing the judges.

On the occasion a trader, Jehangir Ahktar, and a lawyer, Iqbal Bali, called off their hunger strike on the request of Mr Ahsan. Their strike lasted six days.

The SCBA’s president said the struggle of lawyers had entered the final stage and it would help restore all the deposed judges of the superior courts. “We will not let President Musharraf run away,” he added. Mr Ahsan demanded that President Musharraf should step down because of the crushing defeat suffered by his allies in the Feb 18 elections.