Ire grows in Pakistan over judge's removal
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Pakistan's government, accused of using strongarm tactics and acting unconstitutionally over moves to sack the country's top judge, faces the prospect of growing opposition protests.
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Officials said a decision on a date for elections would be announced Wednesday, as an opponent of President Pervez Musharraf called for him to resign immediately.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan  - Hundreds of opposition supporters protested across Pakistan on Saturday, denouncing President Pervez Musharraf's decision to retain the powerful post of army chief.
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Supporters of terror suspect Abu Bakar Ba&#39;asyir fought a running battle with police officers and hurled shoes and other debris inside a courtroom, shortly after a judge dismissed on Monday the lawsuit against the arrest of the elderly cleric.
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Pakistan's suspended top judge challenged a judicial panel considering complaints against him at a hearing on Tuesday, his lawyer said, as opposition swelled to the government's move to sack him.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 11 -- A day after the Pakistani government deported former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his supporters launched a formal protest with the Supreme Court on Tuesday but were largely prevented from taking their pro-democracy movement to the streets by an aggressive security...
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With the country's electorate wanting President Musharraf out, opposition leaders don't expect him to play fair at the polls
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Thousands of lawyers, journalists and opposition activists staged a sit-in protest in the Pakistani city of Lahore, demanding President Gen. Pervez Musharraf resign for suspending a popular Supreme Court judge and enacting restrictions on the media.
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Pakistan's Supreme Court reinstated Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry on Friday, in a blow for President Pervez Musharraf who suspended the country's top judge four months earlier.
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Pakistan's top judge, Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry is suspended by President Pervez Musharraf for "misuse of authority".
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The lifting of emergency rule will not resolve the tensions in Pakistan, in particular between the judiciary and the president.
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Pakistan faced the prospect of fresh clashes after a former prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, was deported as he tried to return from exile on Monday.
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Hundreds of lawyers rallied and boycotted courts across Pakistan on Thursday in a renewed campaign to force President Gen. Pervez Musharraf to step down, while supporters of former premier Nawaz Sharif prepared for his promised return from exile.
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Pakistan's Supreme Court will consider whether to reinstate the country's top judge, as violence continues.
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Pakistan's chief justice resumed his official duties Saturday, a day after this Islamic nation's powerful military ruler Gen. Pervez Musharraf lost a bid to fire him, the biggest setback to the general's eight-year rule.
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Pakistan's national assembly is due to debate whether President Musharraf should step down as army leader.
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HARIPUR, Pakistan  - Thousands turned out to greet Pakistan's suspended chief justice as he traveled to a northwestern town on Saturday to muster support for his legal battle against President Pervez Musharraf's attempt to sack him.