MULTAN (AFP) -- Pakistan's deposed chief justice arrived here on Tuesday to join a “long march” calling for the government to reinstate him and other judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf.

Hundreds of lawyers and political activists chanted “Go Musharraf go!” and waved colorful flags as Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry drove into this central city after flying from Islamabad, an AFP photographer witnessed.
The independent-minded Chaudhry, who was sacked by Musharraf under so-called emergency rule in November, will later address lawyers who have traveled from across the country take part in this week's series of protests.
He is due to make a speech in the eastern city of Lahore on Wednesday and then lead a caravan of vehicles for a major protest in Islamabad the following day.
The rallies will be a fresh show of opposition to the embattled Musharraf as he rejects speculation that he will quit -- but they will also pile pressure on the new government to give Chaudhry and the other judges their jobs back.
Security was tight in Multan with armed guards ringing the car.
Thousands of lawyers set off from various cities including the southern commercial hub of Karachi on Monday, with some burning an effigy of US-backed Musharraf in Multan.
Musharraf, who seized power in a bloodless coup in 1999 while he was army chief, ousted Chaudhry in March 2007, sparking large and often violent protests by lawyers.
The Supreme Court later quashed Chaudhry's suspension, but Musharraf struck back in November by imposing a state of emergency and finally deposing the judge and other senior colleagues.
New prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani freed Chaudhry from house arrest in March, a month after defeating Musharraf's allies in elections, but the coalition government has been unable to agree on how to restore the judges.