& çâÌæÚUæð´ ·¤è ¥ôÚU Îð¹Ùæ ÁæÚUè ÚU¹ð´ ¥ÍæüÌ ¥ÂÙð ÜÿØ ÂÚU ŠØæÙ ÚU¹ð´Ð ãæÚU Ù ×æÙð´, €UØô´ç·¤ ·¤æ× ·¤ÚUÙð âð ¥æÂ·¤ô ©gðàØ ·¤è Âýæç# ãôÌè ãñ ¥õÚU ÁèßÙ ·¤æ ¹æÜèÂÙ ÎêÚU ãôÌæ ãñÐ ÖÜð ãè ÁèßÙ ×ð´ ç·¤ÌÙè Öè ·¤çÆÙæ§ü €UØô´ Ù ¥æ°, çÁ™ææâæ ¥õÚU ©ˆâæã ÕÙæ° ÚU¹ð´Ð ŠØæÙ ÚU¹ð´, ÜÿØ ã×ðàææ ¥æÂ·Ô¤ Âæâ ãôÌð ãñ´ çÁ‹ãð´ ÂæÙð ·Ô¤ çÜ° ÂýØæâ ¥æÂ ·¤Öè Öè àæéM¤ ·¤ÚU â·¤Ìð ãñ´Ð

Wait and see

Shafique tells opposition on CG restoration

Staff Correspondent
The opposition parties should "wait and see" in the matter of a restoration of the caretaker government system, as the next parliament election is far away, Law Minister Shafique Ahmed said yesterday.
“The parliamentary polls are far off. So wait and see what happens,” he said at a programme at Dhaka Reporters' Unity in the capital.
The next general election is due in early 2014.
Following a Supreme Court verdict, the government in June last year scrapped the constitutional provision that mandated a non-elected neutral government to oversee the national polls.
The BNP-led opposition at its Monday rally at Nayapaltan in the capital issued a 90-day ultimatum for the government to restore the system or face the consequences.
Shafique said the SC had declared illegal the system of an unelected caretaker government. So the idea of such a government is one that conflicts with the spirit of the constitution.
Asked about Monday's attack on opposition men by ruling party supporters, especially those of the Chhatra League, he said the matter would be looked into for "nobody is above the law".
On granting clemency to convicted killer AHM Biplob, son of AL leader Abu Taher, the law minister said the president had reduced his punishment but did not say he was no t guilty.
The president, having used his knowledge and discretion, can pardon any convict, he added.
Last month, President Zillur Rahman granted mercy to Biplob, reducing his life sentence in each of two murder cases to a 10-year imprisonment. Earlier in July last year, the president acquitted Biplob of his death sentence in advocate Nurul Islam murder case.
Replying to a query, the law minister said a separate secretariat for the judiciary would be set up at Shahbagh where Sarak Bhaban was earlier located.
Courts across the country will be digitised in phases, and when that is done, case-related information would be available on display boards on the court premises, he said.
The present government has appointed 55 judges to the Supreme Court and 215 to the lower courts. So far the government has provided free legal aid to 33,000 persons, Shafique added.