ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) has approved a resolution unanimously for restoration of pre-November 3rd judiciary while terming former President and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General (Retd) Musharraf’s steps of 3rd November 2007 as unconstitutional. The PBC meeting held under the chairmanship of Attorney General Pakistan Latif Khosa on Saturday here. After the session, talking [...]
Continue reading...Friday, December 5, 2008
LAHORE: Chief Minister (CM) Punjab Shahbaz Sharif has said independence of judiciary on the top of PML-N’s agenda as the country cannot progress without independent judiciary. Addressing Pakistan Air Force’s 22nd Air War Collage Course here, he said that the country needed a judiciary which never surrender before any dictator or ruler and his party [...]
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ISLAMABAD: A number of civil society organisations (CSOs) , human rights activists and lawyers belonging to the movement for restoration of deposed Chief Justice (CJ) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Friday demanded of immediate resignation of CJ Abdul Hameed Dogar from his office. It was stated that the civil society did not impute [...]
Continue reading...Friday, December 5, 2008
SARGODHA: Supreme Court deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said that the lawyers’ movement was no more a national movement it became an international movement. “People all around the world parsing Pak lawyers for standing up for free judiciary” he added He said that in New York, lawyers praised all the lawyers of Pakistan who [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 3, 2008
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) Wednesday adjourned till January 15hearing of petition regarding Dr. Aafia Siddiqui’s return to Pakistan from the US. IHC Chief Justice, Justice Sardar Muhammad Aslam heard the petition. Barrister Javed Iqbal Jaffrey presenting his arguments to the court said despite orders of the court no steps were taken by the Foreign [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 27, 2008
ISLAMABAD: Intellectuals and writers hailing from various parts of the country have strongly condemned the ongoing-One Channel, One Newspaper-media campaign against Hon’ble Chief Justice of Pakistan Mr. Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar. A unanimous resolution which was passed here in a meeting held here under the aegis of Pakistan Intellectual Forum ( PIF), Islamabad saying ” a [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 26, 2008
NEW YORK: Deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry’s spokesman Atharminallh Advocate on Wednesday said that some forces wanted to present deposed CJ US visit negatively. Earlier, senior advocate Supreme Court of Pakistan Ahmed Raza Qasoori said that some critics exaggerated the deposed CJ US visit but actually he (deposed CJ) was awarded by “clearance chit” saying [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 25, 2008
ISLAMABAD: Former President Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Aitzaz Ahsan on Tuesday demanded Chief Justice of Pakistan Abdul Hameed Dogar to resign form his post. The call came from him after exposure of a scandal as his daughter Farah Hameed Dogar was awarded illegally extra marks in FSC part 2nd examination by Federal Board of [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 4, 2008
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani lawyers campaigning for the restoration of a deposed chief justice vented their anger yesterday against President Asif Ali Zardari and warned of a storm of protests if their demands are ignored. Lawyers across Pakistan observed the day as “black day” to protest against imposition of state of emergency, suspension of basic human rights, removal [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, October 25, 2008
Iftikhar is translated as ‘honour ’ in the dictionary, however this one word in Pakistan has gained significance from the name of deposed Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammed Chowdhary who is still waiting for his restoration on 3rd November position. He was dismissed, and detained by General Musharraf as a result of an unlawful [...]
Continue reading...Friday, September 19, 2008
Friends and concerned citizens, I am making public a few of my communications with Aitzaz Ahsan and his consolidated response to help put things in perspective. There have been a few questions that had been lingering in every one’s minds regarding decisions made at crucial junctions of the movement, Aitzaz’s decision to remain in the PPP [...]
Continue reading...Friday, September 5, 2008
PESHAWAR: Justice Tariq Pervez took fresh oath as Chief Justice of Peshawar High Court after his reappointment notification was issued by the Law Ministry here Friday. Governor NWFP Owais Ahmed Ghani administered the oath to Chief Justice Tariq Pervez under the 1973 Constitution in a ceremony at Governor House. Popularity: 10% [?]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 4, 2008
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-N termed current judicial restoration as an attack on independence of judiciary. Talking to media men, PML-N Information Secretary Ahsan Iqbal said that the way Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) adopted for restoration of judiciary that would let not come true the dream of independent judiciary. He said that PPP Co-chairman to be [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 7, 2008
ISLAMABAD: The coalition parties have decided to initiate impeachment proceedings against President Pervez Musharraf and restore all deposed judges strictly in accordance with the Murree Declaration immediately after impeachment of the President. This was stated in a joint communiqué read out by PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari at a joint news conference with PML-(N) [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 1, 2008
SIALKOT: Deposed Chief Justice of Supreme Court, Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry Thursday said ‘independence of judiciary’ has become a slogan of lawyers, civil society and the media. Addressing lawyers telephonically here at District Bar Sialkot, he paid rich tributes to the lawyers who “rendered sacrifices of their lives, got injured and served in prison.” Popularity: [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 3, 2008
NEW YORK: Supreme Court Bar Association President Aitzaz Ahsan has said that former Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz convinced President Pervez Musharraf to fire Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and played his fear that the CJ was going to deicide against him in his bid to be the President for another term. Aitzaz Ahsan sated while [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 30, 2008
Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar has constituted an 11-member special larger bench of the Supreme Court for next week to hear on June 2 the pending case of manhandling last year of deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. HYDERABAD:Deposed chief justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry addressed to the lawyers of Sindh [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 27, 2008
PESHAWAR: Provincial Minister of Law Arshad Abdullah has said that NWFP government will provide VIP security to deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry on the occasion of May 31 lawyers convention in Peshawar. He was addressing a press conference on Tuesday. He said the NWFP government backs restoration of the deposed judges. It is recalled [...]
Continue reading...Monday, May 26, 2008
ISLAMABAD: President of Supreme Court Bar Association Aitzaz Ahsan has said that the audio-tape made public by Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz Secretary Information Ahsan Iqbal in his news conference was based on truth that was enough for the president and Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar to render resignations. Popularity: 12% [?]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 22, 2008
KARACHI: Deposed chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has lauded the role of media and the civil society in the lawyers’ movement. In his telephonic address to a joint meeting of Sindh High Court Bar, Karachi Bar and Malir Bar associations he said the judiciary was always tried to be handled roughly in Pakistan and [...]
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