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: Associated Press
By SADAQAT JAN
Pakistan’s new government has paid the salaries of the Supreme Court justices ousted by President Pervez Musharraf last year, a move the governing coalition says highlights its commitment to reinstating the judges, officials said Tuesday.
Restoring the judges to the bench, a key demand of protesting lawyers, could endanger Musharraf’s presidency. The […]

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Source: New York Times
An election tribunal in Lahore accepted the nomination papers of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, paving the way for him to run in legislative elections on June 18. Mr. Sharif’s papers had been rejected during the general elections in February. His party, Pakistan Muslim League-N, pulled out of cabinet ministries this week […]

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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: AFP
ISLAMABAD (AFP) — Pakistan’s ruling coalition has failed to agree on a plan to restore judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf, but will reinstate them “soon”, former premier Nawaz Sharif said Tuesday.
Sharif, the head of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz party, held two days of talks with Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of slain opposition […]

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Source: International Herald Tribune
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Monday struck down a law requiring candidates for Parliament to have bachelor’s degrees, clearing the way for the widower of former premier Benazir Bhutto to run for a seat and possibly prime minister.
The ruling was another sign of the dwindling influence of President Pervez Musharraf, who […]

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Source: AFP
ISLAMABAD (AFP) — Pakistan’s new government may reinstate judges sacked by embattled President Pervez Musharraf by the end of this month, a party in the ruling coalition said on Monday.
The comment came as Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, met fellow coalition leader and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif […]

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Source: The Associated Press
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s new government is avoiding a showdown with President Pervez Musharraf because it lacks the support needed to impeach him, the head of the ruling coalition’s leading party said in remarks released Saturday.
But Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of slain former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, did not rule […]

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This photo of Mr. Aitzaz Ahsan (President Supreme Court Bar Association) is taken from news paper dated 18th April 08.
First see this picture properly and leave your comments that what could be possible title or label for this photo in news paper?
What all they are doing with a man between them?
After your comments […]

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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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Source: The News
An IG may arrest future CJ if I give in today: deposed CJ
By Ansar Abbasi
ISLAMABAD: “The moment I am freed I will march to my office in the Supreme Court of Pakistan and assume my job,” a confident Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said on Wednesday, insisting that he was still the constitutional and legal […]

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The most tragic part of Saud Memon’s story is the fact that he never told it. He never could. Not because of any curtailment of the freedom of speech, not because of political pressure, not because he didn’t want to. He could not tell the world about what goes on in Guantanamo or in ISI’s […]

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Source: The News
The Supreme Court has dismissed the case against 499 Chak Shahzad farm owners, including President Pervez Musharraf and former prime minister Shaukat Aziz and many other members of the powerful elite.
After six months of unstoppable tension, these 499 owners of big farm houses, worth over Rs 75 billion, have finally something to cheer […]

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Source: The News International
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Part III
Op-Ed by Dr Tariq Hassan
Saturday, February 02, 2008
So how should this problem be approached? In a scenario as seemingly bleak as this, the players have no choice but to change the rules of the game. It is incumbent upon the legal community […]

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Source: The News International
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Part II
Op-Ed by Dr Tariq Hassan
Friday, February 01, 2008
The final option for legal restoration may be through legislative action by the new parliament. With the strong-arm tactics of the present government and the rumors of pre-poll rigging already doing the rounds, the next parliament is likely to […]

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Source: The News International
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Part I
Op-Ed by Dr Tariq Hassan
Thursday, January 31, 2008
On March 9, 2007, the legal community started its struggle for the independence of judiciary. Since then, this struggle has evolved into a debate about the restoration of the deposed judges and the correlation between their restoration and democracy in […]

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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: 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: 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: Chicago Tribune
Life under house arrest described
By Kim Barker 
 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - The judge’s family has been locked in its house for more than 10 weeks. The 8-year-old son is disabled and has difficulty walking. His two teenage sisters are not allowed to go to school. Strangers often padlock the gates, and armed men roam the […]

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Source: The Emergency Times 
By Farhat Haq: Dawn, December 14, 2007
UNTIL Nov 3, when President Musharraf declared a state of emergency in Pakistan, I was living the life of an academic in the safety and comfort of a small Midwestern college town in the US where my biggest worry was that my sixteen-year-old son now had […]

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PRESS RELEASE
December 12, 2007.
President Supreme Court Bar Association and Senior Advocate Supreme Court of Pakistan Mr. Aitzaz Ahsan today instructed his advocates to appear before the Returning Officer withdraw his nomination papers filed by him to contest the forthcoming elections to the National Assembly. Mr. Aitzaz Ahsan had filed his nomination papers in constituency No. […]

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