Sacking of Pakistani chief justice sparks ire
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His dismissal Friday raises fresh concern that President Musharraf will remove obstacles to his reelection this fall.
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Pakistan&#39;s Supreme Court began  hearing legal challenges to President Pervez Musharraf&#39;s rule  on Wednesday, adding to the woes the embattled U.S. ally faces  as he prepares to secure another term.
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The chief lawyer for Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf says he will give up his post of army chief if he is re-elected.
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SUKKUR, Pakistan  - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf made the country an international laughing stock by purging the judiciary after he imposed emergency rule in November, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif said on Monday.
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Pakistan's Supreme Court began hearing legal challenges to President Pervez Musharraf's rule on Wednesday, adding to the woes the embattled U.S. ally faces as he prepares to secure another term.
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Supporters of former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif petitioned the Supreme Court on Tuesday saying their leader was illegally deported, and setting up a showdown between the court and the government.
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ABBOTABAD, PAKISTAN -- Tens of thousands of demonstrators joined the biggest rally yet against the president's suspension of Pakistan's chief justice, giving the jurist a joyous reception yesterday before he spoke to supporters in an opposition stronghold. Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry's convoy defied a new two-month ban on gatherings of more than five people. But police did not stop the judge's ...
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistan's chief justice returned to work yesterday, days after the Supreme Court reinstated him in a landmark ruling that struck a blow for democracy and undermined the authority of President General Pervez Musharraf.
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Pakistan's top judge accuses Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz of violating a Supreme Court judgement.
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Hailing the Supreme Court's reinstatement of Pakistan's chief justice, newspapers warned democratic forces on Saturday that destabilizing President Pervez Musharraf further could play into militant and extremist hands.
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Pakistan's government responded angrily Friday to a group of retired military commanders who appealed to President Pervez Musharraf to resign in order to promote democracy and combat religious militancy.
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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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Pakistani lawyers and opposition party members rallied outside the Supreme Court here on Saturday to support the judge at the centre of a row threatening President Pervez Musharraf&#39;s grip on power.
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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.
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ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan  - Tens of thousands of people turned out to greet Pakistan's suspended chief justice as he traveled to a northwestern town on Saturday to forge resistance to President Pervez Musharraf's attempt to sack him.
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President Gen. Pervez Musharraf came under fire Wednesday for the expulsion of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, with newspapers dismissing the government's claim that he returned willingly to exile
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Pakistanâs Supreme Court today ruled that the judgeâs suspension by Gen. Pervez Musharraf was âillegal,â dealing a major blow to the Pakistani president.