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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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- The appointment of a close ally of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf as the country&#39;s new prime minister has been criticized as showing the &quot;rule of oppression.
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The decision by Pakistan's president to stay on as military chief has angered leading politicians of the religious right.
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Pervez Musharraf may have won this round over Nawaz Sharif. But the deportation of the former prime minister could mobilize the opposition and put the Pakistani president on another collision course with the judiciary.
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Pakistani lawyers began a nationwide boycott of courts Monday to pressure President Pervez Musharraf to reinstate senior judges he sacked under a state of emergency more than three months ago.
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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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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has dismissed Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry,   alleging that he misused his office.      While the government officially denies it,   Chaudhry has been placed under house arrest, surrounded by a police barricade to prevent visitors:      "You cannot stop us from entering the residence of Iftikhar Chaudhry," (Qazi Hussain Ahmed, President of the Islamist opposition alliance Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal) told police, and then crossed the barricade.    The situation forced the police personnel to call reinforcement to foil the attempt of the opposition leaders.    Chaudry's "misuse of office" was to investigate   the disappearances of four hundred people, many of them human rights workers, who were arrested since the War on Terrorism began, as well as to prevent the sale of a government-run steel mill and the conversion of a public park in Islamabad to a privately-run mini golf club.    Chaudry's dismissal has provoked a constitutional crisis in Pakistan.  Of deep concern is that Pakistan possesses, and has successfully tested nuclear weapons.  What will become of them if the government falls?
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Pakistan&#39;s government has prepared a  new misconduct complaint against the suspended chief judge, the  law minister said on Sunday, raising the stakes in a  three-month-old dispute that has sparked street protests.
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Pakistan&#39;s top judge, suspended by President Pervez Musharraf, told thousands of supporters Saturday that the country&#39;s people back the struggle for the independence of the judiciary.
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CHAKWAL, Pakistan  - Pakistan's suspended chief justice traveled into the Pakistani heartland on Saturday to a tumultuous welcome from opposition supporters now posing a growing challenge to President Pervez Musharraf.
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Islamists chanting slogans against Pakistan's military leader rallied outside the Supreme Court on Friday as judges heard petitions challenging President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's right to run for re-election.
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A new judge expelled a defiant Saddam   Hussein from his genocide trial on Wednesday and defense   lawyers stormed off in protest after the government sacked the   chief judge, throwing the month-old case into turmoil.
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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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Pakistan's president says he will abide by a court ruling to reinstate the chief justice, a vocal opponent.
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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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Pakistanâs Supreme Court today ruled that the judgeâs suspension by Gen. Pervez Musharraf was âillegal,â dealing a major blow to the Pakistani president.
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Pakistan&#39;s government has prepared new misconduct charges against the country&#39;s top judge, whose ouster three months ago plunged the country into a political crisis, a minister said.