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Monday, May 21, 2012

Pakistan: Wise Gesture expected from Chief Justice Choudhry to help save democracy, Islam and Politics, NewAgeIslam.com

Islam and Politics
Pakistan: Wise Gesture expected from Chief Justice Choudhry to help save democracy
Minus one, minus two
By Beena Sarwar
Plus, “for the first time the higher judiciary is working with the people rather than with the army or the bureaucracy. And right now there is only one issue in Pakistan — the restoration of the chief justice.” A year later, this observation too remains valid, despite all the changes since then, including the transformative experience of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination. The year that was saw a new hope dawn when the Supreme Court restored the chief justice to office, a decision Musharraf accepted even if reluctantly. Over the next few months, the superior courts were seized of several significant cases with the potential to deeply impact Pakistani politics. Some related directly to restrictions imposed by the military dispensation, like the right of an exiled politician to return and participate in politics, or police brutality on lawyers and journalists.

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