http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/pakistan/story/2007/06/070628_cj_hearing_ms.shtml
Better late than never. Unfortunately for the govt. now the bench is playing hard ball. Stand up Wasi Zafar.
:dhimpak:
Re: Major shift in govt. stance: Agrees to have the CJP reference tried in SC
He is too busy inventing new words. Wasi is the same genius minister who added the new words “dysfunction” and “nonfunctional” to legal language. lol
Re: Major shift in govt. stance: Agrees to have the CJP reference tried in SC
in the face of defeat government genius advisors waking up to prepare Mush lovers for the court decision
bravo supreme court justices and eitizaz ahsan
Re: Major shift in govt. stance: Agrees to have the CJP reference tried in SC
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-06-28-voa60.cfm
Pakistan Government Agrees to Supreme Court Taking On Judicial Case
By VOA News
28 June 2007
The Pakistan government reversed itself Thursday in the controversial case against the nation’s chief justice, saying it now has no objections if the Supreme Court hears the charges against him.
Sacked Pakistani Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry is greeted by lawyers who gathered outside the Supreme Court in Islamabad, 13 Mar 2007
Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry is greeted by lawyers who gathered outside the Supreme Court in Islamabad, 13 Mar 2007
The government had previously wanted the allegations of misconduct against Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry – suspended by military ruler Pervez Musharraf – to be heard by a special judicial panel.
But Chaudhry argued the panel was biased and appealed to the Supreme Court.
During Thursday’s hearing on the petition, a government lawyer said he had been instructed by the highest authority to allow the top court to take over the case.
The court has not yet made a decision.
But the presiding judge warned the government that by allowing the Supreme Court to hear the case against the suspended chief justice, the proceedings would have to start over. He said that meant Chaudhry’s suspension would be nullified.
The move by General Musharraf to pull the chief justice from the bench has sparked the most serious challenge to his rule. Anti-government protests have been held in cities across Pakistan over the past several months.
Critics say the president was trying to remove a justice who might have upheld objections to his retaining the dual posts of president and army chief.
The president has said the case against Chaudhry is not motivated by politics.
Re: Major shift in govt. stance: Agrees to have the CJP reference tried in SC
**can some please tell what is going on?
Is CJ going back to being CJ??
please simple english! **
Re: Major shift in govt. stance: Agrees to have the CJP reference tried in SC
Not yet. The court is hearing government's lawyers now.
Re: Major shift in govt. stance: Agrees to have the CJP reference tried in SC
^ thank you