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Legal experts said that a judge should not meet a head of government. However, some experts say that Chief Justice could meet the PM to defuse the stalemate but it should not be make a precedent. Former Federal Law Minister Khalid Ranjha said that Chief Justice should not meet the PM because it is written in the code of conduct that judges cannot meet any political personality. Legal expert S M Zafar said that tension prevailed in the country after the cancellation of presidential notification; in this situation it was necessary to the PM for consultation. Justice retired Saeed-uz-Zaman Siddiqi said that CJPs meeting with the PM should not be taken as a precedent.
