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Pakistan judges stories: 10 news summaries

 Pakistan's Top Justice 
 Returns to Jubilation 

Reinstated judge calls for end to corruption

Mar 24, 09 8:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistan's chief justice triumphantly returned to the bench today, reports the BBC, as supporters showered him with rose petals outside the supreme court in Islamabad. Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry was suspended by former president Pervez Musharraf during the 2007 state of emergency. Last week current president Asif Ali Zardari finally fulfilled... More »

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Pervez Musharraf • Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry • Pakistan Supreme Court • Iftikhar Chaudhry • Nawaz Sharif • Asif Ali Zardari • Pakistan lawyers • Pakistan judges

Pakistan Blacks Out
TV Station Amid Protests

Info minister resigns
as gov't bars 'anti-establishment' channel

Mar 14, 09 8:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Pakistani TV station that criticized the government in recent weeks has had its signal blocked in some areas of the country on government orders, a station official said. The country’s media clampdown has driven its information minister to resign in protest, another official noted. The station shutdown occurs... More »

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television • Pakistan • censorship • protests • Sherry Rehman • Pakistan lawyers • Pakistan judges

 Pakistan Protests 
 Escalate, Sharif 
 Alleges Death Threat 

Dozens beaten and arrested as 'long march' to Islamabad begins

Mar 12, 09 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistani police continued their crackdown on protesters today as Nawaz Sharif, a former PM turned opposition leader, accused the government of conspiring to kill him. Political activists and the country's lawyers defied a ban on protests, facing beatings and arrests in demonstrations from Karachi to Lahore. Sharif said he had... More »

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Pakistan • death threats • Nawaz Sharif • Muslim League • Asif Ali Zardari • Pakistan lawyers • Pakistan judges

Bhutto Widower Moves Closer
to Presidency

Pakistan's Zardari wins key opposition support to succeed Musharraf

Aug 20, 08 7:40 AM CDT
(AP) - A major opposition party has backed Asif Ali Zardari, Benazir Bhutto's widower and the leader of the Pakistan People's Party, to succeed Pervez Musharraf as president, reports the AP. Zardari's support from the MQM, a party once loyal to Musharraf, will strengthen his hand in a struggle with coalition partner... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Nawaz Sharif • Pakistan People's Party • Asif Ali Zardari • Pakistan judges • Muttahida Qaumi Movement

Pakistan Teeters After Ministers
Quit Coalition

Sharif pulls out over rehiring judges;
Zardari will lead talks

May 13, 08 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistan's 6-week-old government is in turmoil today after the prime minister refused to accept the resignation of nine members of the cabinet. Former PM Nawaz Sharif led the walkout in a dispute over the reinstatement of judges sacked during last year's state of emergency, reports the BBC. More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • Nawaz Sharif • Pakistan People's Party • Pakistan Muslim League • Asif Ali Zardari • Pakistan judges • Yusuf Raza Gillani

Judges' Dispute Sunders Pakistan's Ruling Coalition

Sharif's Muslim League breaks with People's Party, will still support government

May 12, 08 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - The second-largest party in Pakistan's ruling coalition pulled out today after a disagreement over the reinstatement of judges removed by President Pervez Musharraf, Bloomberg reports. Nawaz Sharif said nine Pakistan Muslim League ministers would leave the cabinet led by Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, but would not enter the opposition,... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Nawaz Sharif • Pakistan People's Party • Pakistan Muslim League • Asif Ali Zardari • Pakistan coalition talks • Pakistan judges

Pakistan Parties Agree on Judges' Return

Justices axed by Musharraf set to be reseated by parliament

May 1, 08 12:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistan’s ruling political parties have reached a deal to reinstate the judges Pervez Musharraf fired during his state of emergency, the BBC reports today. The agreement leaves intact the anti-Musharraf coalition that almost splintered over the issue. Asif Ali Zardari, head of the Pakistan Peoples Party, wanted reinstatement tied... More »

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Pakistan • Nawaz Sharif • Pakistan People's Party • Asif Ali Zardari • Pakistan judges

Pakistan PM's First Move Flouts Musharraf

Gilani takes office, orders judges jailed
by president freed

Mar 24, 08 4:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Yousaf Raza Gilani ordered the release of 60 judges detained by Pervez Musharraf only minutes after being elected Pakistan's prime minister today, CBS reports. The president replaced the judges with a friendlier crop after imposing a state of emergency in November. If the freed justices are reinstated, a renewed legal... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry • Iftikhar Chaudhry • Pakistan People's Party • Pakistan judges • Yusuf Raza Gillani

Pakistani Parties Spurn Musharraf, Forge Coalition

Leaders plan to reinstate judges deposed by president

Mar 9, 08 5:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistani opposition parties formed a coalition today that snubbed President Pervez Musharraf. The alliance of ex-PM Nawaz Sharif and the late Benazir Bhutto's party will also reinstate the judges deposed by Musharraf last year. Having opposed Musharraf's reelection bid, the judges are also likely to challenge his presidency in court,... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Pashtun • Benazir Bhutto • Nawaz Sharif • Pakistan People's Party • Asif Ali Zardari • US-Pakistan relations • Pakistan judges

Pakistani Urges US to Oppose Elections

Restore judges first to stabilize the country, politician says

Jan 27, 08 5:54 PM CST
(Newser) - A Pakistani politician turned heads last week by touting a rare view to US policymakers: Don't back Pakistan's elections. Without an independent judiciary, elections will only hurt the country, Imran Khan warned. He urged lawmakers in New York and Washington to "back the democratic process, by insisting on the... More »

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