Source: BBC
Eight of the judges sacked last November by former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf have been reinstated.
They took their oaths at the governor’s house in Karachi. Reports say seven or eight more may be sworn in next week.
Mr Musharraf sacked some 60 judges, including Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, but some were restored later.
Former Prime Minister […]

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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: 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: Dawn
Losing all hopes in the PCO-dictated judiciary for the recovery of their dear ones allegedly in the custody of agencies for the last five years, relatives of these missing persons have started finding other means for their solicitation.
A delegation of the aggrieved families, assembled at the platform of Defence of Human Rights, called on […]

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Source: Teeth Maestro
Guest Post by Anam Jamali
Pakistan enjoys a history of judicial slavery and subordination - excuse me for the blunt and unparliamentary use of words as I understand having such opinion is an offense nowadays.
Symbolic of judicial politicization is Judge Roland Freisler, a Nazi German Judge, whose court provided protection and legal cover to […]

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Source: The News International & The Emergency Times
On January 15, 2008 the New York City Bar Association bestowed one of itshighest honors—honorary membership—upon Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Pakistan’s Supreme Court Chief Justice. This award recognizes the Chief Justice’s efforts to uphold Pakistan’s independent judiciary.
The conferment of honorary membership in Chaudhry’s absence representsthe first time in the […]

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Source: The News International
The division of legal fraternity across the country over the decision of Pakistan Bar Council’s (PBC) limiting its boycott of the superior courts on every Thursday forced the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) to call its meeting next week to review the decision.
The PBC last week ended its complete boycott of the […]

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Source: The News International
Cable operators to connect Geo this evening; viewers can watch from tomorrow morning
ISLAMABAD: President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf on Saturday ordered Geo News and its Sports channel back on the air with immediate effect.
Pakistan’s largest and most popular news network will thus come back to Pakistani homes after an unprecedented absence of […]

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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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Source: DAWN
By Munawar Azeem
ISLAMABAD, Dec 23: For the deposed judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and their chief, Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, it was an Eidul Azha like none in the lives — locked up inside their houses with their families.
When they came out of their houses on Friday morning to go to Eid […]

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Source: [Emergency] Mailing List 
Ali Malik
In the outrage post emergency, I was confused about whether the opposition should boycott the elections or not? For instance, soon after emergency, when a Lahore based journalist (and one for whom I have high regard for), currently in Karachi, was emotionally advocating oppositions’ boycott of the polls, my only response was, […]

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Source: [Emergency] Mailing List
Shah Farman
Dear Malik
  Let me tell you why boycott is the only option ?
  to protect the constitution from subverting,abrogating
  and helding in abyince we have only article 6 of the
  the consitution,but that didnt work so far because
  the dictators know that they can get indemnity from
  any parliament elected under […]

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Source: Thought Stream
Background: An Emergency was declared in Pakistan on November 3, 2007 by General Musharraf as Chief of the Army Staff and on the same day a “Provisional Constitutional Order” (PCO) was issued by him as President of Pakistan. Pakistan’s 1973 Constitution only allows the President of Pakistan to declare Emergency. It […]

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Source: Guardian Unlimited
The following is the full text of a letter written by the daughter of Pakistan’s deposed chief justice, obtained by the Guardian after it was smuggled out of his home where he and his family are currently detained under house arrest :

“I am a proud child”

This letter is for all the Judges who […]

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About 300-400 people responded to the call of Students Action Committee and gathered at Liberty Chowk today at 2:30 pm to protest against the imposition of Emergency and the promulgation of the PCO.
The following video captures the students forming a chain holding placards around the liberty round-about and then chanting slogans…

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ISLAMABAD: President Gen. Pervez Musharraf has summoned a meeting of central leadership of ruling Pakistan Muslim League today (Sunday), sources said.

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