Source: The Australian

A FULL-SCALE emergency was sounded at Islamabad’s international airport last night as the al-Qa’ida-linked organisation responsible for bombing Pakistan’s Marriott hotel vowed to launch even bigger attacks.
In a mobile phone message in English sent to reporters, theal-Qa’ida-linked Fidayeen-al-Islam - “Islamic commandos” - warned that “all those who facilitate Americans and NATO crusaders […]

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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: International Herald Tribune
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: With a self-imposed deadline looming, Pakistani leaders had yet to clinch a deal Sunday on reinstating judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf, an issue that has threatened to break up the ruling coalition.
U.S.-backed Musharraf removed dozens of judges and declared emergency rule in November to halt legal challenges to his […]

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Source: Chicago Tribune
Move could give lift to new government
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan’s ruling parties apparently have agreed how to restore the judges fired by President Pervez Musharraf last fall, potentially resolving the most contentious issue facing the fledgling government and preventing the fragile coalition from collapsing.
Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, leader of the second-largest party […]

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Source: Daily Times
DUBAI (AFP) — The leaders of Pakistan’s ruling coalition held talks in Dubai Wednesday with their month-old alliance on the line amid a deadlock over the reinstatement of judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf.
Former premier Nawaz Sharif flew to the Gulf emirate on Tuesday for talks with Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) leader Asif […]

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Source: Reuters
KARACHI, April 4 (Reuters) - Pakistan’s foreign reserves fell by $224 million to $13.275 billion in the week that ended on March 29, the central bank said on Friday.
Reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan fell to $11.100 billion from $11.356 billion a week earlier, while those held by commercial banks rose to […]

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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: Daily Times
* Report says major human rights problems included restrictions on citizens’ right to change their government, extra-judicial killings, torture, and disappearances
By Khalid Hasan
WASHINGTON: The human rights situation worsened during 2007, stemming primarily from President Pervez Musharraf’s decision to impose a 42-day state of emergency, suspend the Constitution and dismiss superior court judges, according […]

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Source: The Wall Street Journal
International politics typically falls way outside the Law Blog’s long-arm statute. But in the last six months we’ve been keeping a close eye on Pakistan, partly because an unbelievable drama is unfolding as the U.S.-backed president, Pervez Musharraf, faces mounting political opposition. But mostly because, among the country’s many rifts is […]

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There has been much talk about the independence of the judiciary. Certainly there is much need for this independence because rulers in the past have been influencing the judiciary for their own ends and some members of the judiciary too have helped the rulers with their judgments perhaps to please them.
Lawyers have launched a movement […]

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This is a great idea to get stickers printed and afix them on front and rear screens of cars or any transport. I saw this on some blog here. On top of the sticker
RESTORE MY JUDICIARY
BLACK FLAG

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Dear All,
I read the blog regarding observance of black flag week. The idea behind is to demonstrate solidarity for a just cause. We can be a part of this cause by putting a sticker of black flag on our cards, bikes etc. It will not cost much if some friends get these stickers printed and […]

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Dear All,
Aitzaz Ahsan has given a call to observe Black Flag Week in Pakistan. Everyone is requested to show their solidarity for the restoration of the independent Judiciary in Pakistan. You can watch the message (with English subtitles) at:
The Emergency Times or  Teeth Maestro
Here are a couple of things you can do:
1) Record a small video […]

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Source: The Nation
LAHORE - President, National Workers Party, Abid Hassan Minto, has called upon the upcoming assembly to carry a resolution to reinstate the deposed judges and to scrape all actions taken in pursuance of the state of emergency of November 3, in its first formal meeting.
Addressing a press conference here Wednesday Minto said no […]

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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: Human Rights News
Curbs on Journalists Hamper Election Reporting 
Threats and censorship against the independent media, bias in state television, and a widespread ban on live broadcasting are limiting the public’s right to information as
Pakistan goes to the polls, Human Rights Watch said today. Recent curbs on the media prohibit coverage of election rallies, live call-ins, […]

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Pakistani lawyers have now been protesting over what they believe is “independence of the judiciary” and for the restoration of deposed judges. These protests have gone on now for about 10 months or   300 days which is close to a year. The protests have included rallies, processions, bar meetings etc but most of all “boycott of […]

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Source: The Associated Press
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani lawyers began a nationwide boycott of the courts Monday to pressure the president to reinstate senior judges he sacked under a state of emergency more than three months ago.
The boycott was called by the Pakistan Bar Council, the country’s main lawyers’ group, and is to continue through […]

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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: Teeth Maestro
SAC Lahore is reporting that a few of its activists in Punjab College, Lahore were rounded up by about 10 college members and given a severe thrashing. The SAC volunteers were the same people who were served up a thrashing a day earlier as well, Defying the oppression he showed up once again […]

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Source: BBC
By Mazhar Zaidi
(BBC Urdu service)
On his recent tour of Europe, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf argued that “he is a soldier who is committed to principals of democracy”.

Many involved in Pakistan’s TV news programmes disagree.
By the time Mr Musharraf lifted six weeks of emergency rule last December, most of the TV news channels were […]

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Source: The New York Times
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — With the notable absence of two hard-hitting political talk shows, Pakistan’s most popular private television news channel was allowed to resume cable broadcasts within the country on Monday, ending a blackout that had lasted more than two months.
The channel, Geo, and other television networks, were taken off the […]

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Source: Reuters
By Augustine Anthony
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Broadcasts of Pakistan’s private Geo television network resumed in Pakistan on Monday more than two-and-half months after its transmission was blocked following the imposition of a state of emergency.
Geo News and its sister sports channel came back on the air at 6 p.m. (1300 GMT), hours after President Pervez […]

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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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