Source: China View
ISLAMABAD, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) — Three deposed judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan took oath of their offices on Friday, according to official Associated Press of Pakistan (APP).
Chief Justice of Pakistan Abdul Hameed Dogar administered oath to the deposed judges including Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan, Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani and Justice Syed […]

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Source: Hindustan Times
Lahore: Inside the Lahore High Court compound, a meeting of select lawyers from across Pakistan is taking place to decide their next course of action. Their objective: to restore judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf in November 2007.
Outside the compound, journalists and lawyers patiently await the end of the meeting, gossiping and talking […]

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Source: [Emergency] Mailing List
PPP sympathisers complain about the mysterious “Establishment” and their alleged role in destroying democracy in Pakistan for decades now. The Establishment, as defined by them, is a collection of dark, mystifying hands that apparently have many vested interests in upholding the status quo. This inexplicable group comprises rich army officers, the intelligence […]

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Free judiciary they say is the most important assignment of the new Government, reinstatement of Justice Iftikhar Chauduary will provide the backbone of having free justice system in the country.
But few seldom realise the problem of all these chaos , the concept taught to us from the very beginning of our educational career; ‘Judiciary should […]

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Source: Press TV 
Pakistan’s ex-chief justice says he is still legally the head of the Supreme Court and hails the defeat of Musharraf’s allies in the vote.
”I am still the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court as per the Constitution and no body can bar me from discharging my duty, ” Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said at […]

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Countdown To Restoration of Judiciary in Pakistan

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Source: VOA News
Pakistan’s deposed chief justice and other ousted high court judges have been freed from house arrest. The move was ordered by the new prime minister. VOA Correspondent Steve Herman reports from Islamabad this ratchets up tension between the incoming government and incumbent President Pervez Musharraf who has vowed the judges would never return […]

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Source: The News
The security forces deployed in front of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry’s house in the Judges Enclave in Islamabad will be removed on Tuesday evening, marking the symbolic end of an era when absolute power was enjoyed by one man for eight years, five months and 13 days.
Power practically will be shifted to […]

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Source: Geo TV
ISLAMABAD: Awan-e-Saddar has agreed with Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League (N) over their stand of reinstatement of the deposed judges, the sources said.
As per the new development, the troika agreed that the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Chaudhry Muhammad Iftikar and other deposed judges of the Supreme Court and […]

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Source: The emergency Times
Dear All,
Yesterday Ansar Burney blatantly lied in an interview that (news report attached):
THE CHIEF JUSTICE IS NOT UNDER HOUSE ARREST!
THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON HIM OR HIS FAMILY!
IN REALITY HE IS NOT VACATING HIS HOUSE!
Lets tell him he can not lie in our faces and get away with him. Here are […]

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Source: The emergency times
A copy of an application filed at the Police Station, Secretariat, Islamabad for registration of a criminal case against Gen (R) Pervaiz Musharraf and others for various charges, including illegal detention of the Chief Justice, other judges and their families, intimidation and trespass.
March 3, 2008
The SHO,
Police Station,
Secretariat,
Islamabad.
REGISTRATION OF CRIMINAL CASE AGAINST GEN […]

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Source: Teeth Maestro
Breaking News on Geo tv saying that the: Government is actually thinking of ending C.J Iftikhar Chaudhry’s house arrest
This is an important development worth keeping an eye on as Nawaz Sharif has taken oath from all its candidates that they will work towards the restoration of the Nov 3 judiciary

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Source: Rise of pakistan
Sundas Hurain, SAC Lahore
“It’s just a rock, I’m fine. Don’t worry.” I said to my friend standing next to me, blinking from the pain, as a broken piece of a brick hit me square in my shin. We were at the capital of our country, trying to reach the house of […]

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Source: Teeth maestro
Article written by members of the People’s Resistance
Originally written on Dec 26 2007, The PCO Chief Justice of Lahore High Court, Iftikhar Hussain Chaudhry, has since retired
A Bit of History
Pakistan’s history is chequered with instances of military taking over the state. When Ayub took over, he introduced a constitution (1962) that gave sweeping […]

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Source: Teeth Maestro

Macleans Canada Reports: Police using tear gas and water cannons clashed today with hundreds of lawyers to block them from reaching the barricaded house of Pakistan’s deposed chief justice. About 1,500 black-suited lawyers marched on the residence of Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry, the detained top judge of the Supreme Court, who was fired by […]

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Source: The Guardian
· Ex-chief justice, wife and children held in Islamabad
· No school or check-ups for disabled eight-year-old
Declan Walsh in Islamabad
Friday February 8, 2008
Pakistan’s youngest political prisoner lives in a house on a hill just a few hundred metres from President Pervez Musharraf’s soaring presidential palace in Islamabad. Little about him is typical. He is […]

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Source: New York Law Journal  & New York State Bar Association (NYSBA)
Annual Award for Distinction in International Law and Affairs presented to the Lawyers and Judges of Pakistan, as represented by Aitzaz Ahsan, in asbentia
Embattled judges and vulnerable children are among the issues to be taken up this week as more than 5,000 lawyers gather […]

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Source: Dawn
Op-Ed by Qazi Faez Isa
Carry a placard — “Release Justice Rana Bhagwandas” — and you will be thrown into the slammer. FIR No.13/08 lodged at the Clifton Town police station confirms the highhandedness of Musharraf’s despotic regime.
Justice Rana Bhagwandas started his judicial career as a civil judge at the age of 24. In […]

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Source: United Students Federation
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a case pertaining to the price hike in daily-use commodities in Rawalpindi and Islamabad and observed that it was not the job of the apex court to fix the prices of daily-use commodities.
A three-member bench of the apex court, headed by Acting Chief Justice Muhammad […]

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Source: TV3 (NZ) & Hemscott
Click on the link below to view Video:
Pakistani lawyers protest against Musharraf regime
Click on the link below to view pictures (Courtesy Rise of Pakistan):
24 Jan 2008- Islamabad Protest of Lawyers and Police’s baton charge
Pakistani riot police used tear gas and batons here on Thursday to disperse hundreds of protesters chanting slogans against […]

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Source: Dawn
The bar organisations have planned a rally and a seminar to observe “Yaum-i-Iftikhar” on Jan 31.
A meeting of the office-bearers of the Sindh Bar Council, Sindh High Court Bar Association, Karachi Bar Association and Malir District Bar Association was held at the SHCBA office to draw up the day’s programme.
A rally of lawyers will […]

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Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON - Continued U.S. backing of President Pervez Musharraf risks alienating Pakistanis and increasing extremism in the nuclear-armed Islamic country, cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan said on Tuesday.
Khan said he came to the United States “to try and convince the politicians in Washington that the policy they have adopted is a disaster for Pakistan and it […]

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Source: Dawn
The High Court Bar Association’s (HCBA), Rawalpindi, lawyers will hold a rally at the Constitution Avenue in front of the Supreme Court building and march towards the house of deposed and detained chief justice on Thursday.
Speaking at a press conference here on Monday, HCBA President Sardar Asmatullah said the rally would be brought out […]

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Source: Jurist
By Faisal Naseem Chaudhry
[advocate, Lahore High Court, Lahore, Pakistan]
Monday, January 21, 2008
 
“All was not well on the morning of December 27, yet it was not so unwell either. Elections were to take place on 8th of January. Benazir Bhutto, Nawaz Sharif and other politicians were on a move round-the-clock as part of their election […]

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Source: Teeth Maestro 
“I am a proud child“
This letter is for all the Judges who refused to take oath under PCO and who happen to be my uncles as well. I had never thought that one day I will have to convey my message to you people like this, through this mode but we know things […]

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