Pakistan to Restore Ousted Chief Judge

By Mary Papenfuss, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 15, 2009 7:30 PM CDT

(Newser) – Two days of massive demonstrations have convinced the Pakistani government to reinstate the nation's chief justice, CNN reports. Hundreds of angry lawyers filled the streets as a government spokesman said Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry would soon regain his position. Protesters demanded that the government... Read full story »

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