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NEWS ABOUT: Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry

Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry stories: 7 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

(Newser) - Pakistan’s chief justice has been reinstated, inspiring not only celebration but renewed hope among that country’s citizens, the New York Times reports. Happy lawyers—central to the popular effort—and others camped out on the lawn of Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry’s home today, but his victory is seen... More »

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Pakistan • reform • Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry • Chief Justice • celebration • Pakistan lawyers • march

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

Police Gas Pakistan Lawyers

Protests supporting sacked chief justice turn violent

Feb 21, 08 6:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Police in Pakistan fired tear gas at a rally of about 100 lawyers in Karachi as the country's deposed chief justice, still under house arrest, roused supporters across the country on a smuggled mobile phone, calling for the incoming government to reinstate him and his colleagues. The justice, whom President... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Karachi • Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry • Nawaz Sharif • Lahore • Asif Ali Zardari • Pakistan lawyers • Quetta

Musharraf Set
to Restore Constitution*

*But he'll tweak it first
to ensure he can't
be prosecuted

Dec 13, 07 7:09 AM CST
(Newser) - Pervez Musharraf is set to lift Pakistan's state of emergency Saturday, but he's not going to take any guff for it—the president will only restore the constitution if it is first amended so he can't be tried for actions during the past 6 weeks of emergency rule. As lawyers... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry • Pakistan Supreme Court • Nawaz Sharif • emergency rule

Bhutto Plans Mass Rally;
Lawyers Clash With Police

State of emergency continues as ex-PM calls for protests

Nov 6, 07 5:57 AM CST
(Newser) - As lawyers continue to clash with police in Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto has vowed to lead massive public protests to force Pervez Musharraf to restore the constitution and hold elections as scheduled. The Times of London reports that Bhutto is traveling to the capital, Islamabad, today to meet with fellow opposition... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry • state of emergency

Pakistani Court Restores Judge

Slap to Musharraf will tk pro-democracy movement

Jul 20, 07 8:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Pakistani Supreme Court has returned the country’s top judge to power, overruling  the suspension meted out by President Musharraf, which ignited a pro-democracy protest movement this spring. Charges of nepotism and abuse of power against Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry were called "illegal" by the court. More »

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Pervez Musharraf • democracy • protests • judge • Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry • Pakistan militants

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