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Pakistan restores judges ousted by Musharraf
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Sep 05, 2008 05:25pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Los Angeles Times |
| News Date | Friday, September 5, 2008 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN -- Pakistan's Supreme Court today reinstated three judges ousted by former President Pervez Musharraf in another victory for the man set to succeed him as head of state.
Musharraf's purge of the court last year deepened his unpopularity and helped the party of assassinated former leader Benazir Bhutto to victory in February elections.
Bhutto's widower and political heir, Asif Ali Zardari, marshaled a coalition that forced Musharraf to quit last month. Zardari is expected to win easily when lawmakers elect a new president on Saturday.
However, the second-largest party has quit the ruling alliance because of Zardari's refusal to restore the judges en masse -- including the ousted chief justice, Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry.
Tassadiq Hussain Jillani, Shakirullah Jan and Syed Jamshed Ali were sworn back into the court in a solemn ceremony today.
Law Minister Farooq Naek said Chaudhry was also welcome to take a fresh oath, but said he could not return as chief justice because removing the judge who replaced him could trigger a "constitutional impasse."
"There cannot be two chief justices," Naek told reporters at the court. |
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