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This post was scheduled to have been published on 16 March. 16 March because on that day in 2008 the Chief Justice of Pakistan returned to courtroom number one to dispense justice. On that day his personal struggle and the lawyers movement were vindicated for their noble struggle for the rule of law. Further vindication [...]

Today’s post is the first of a series of posts that will be published over many weeks. The posts will chart the journey of the lawyers movement  from 9 March 2007 and its  milestones until the historic judgement of the Supreme Court of Pakistan as delivered on 31 July 2009. This post has been a [...]

Injustice Dog(gar) of martial law fame left the Dog(gar) court yesterday standing diminished and degraded just like Musharraf before him. We can  never forget that these midgets of men collaborated as per a Devil’s pact to create an unconstitutional regime in all its evil ushering in once again the dark night of dictatorship and injustice [...]

U2′s classic tune ‘beautiful day’ is ringing in my ear and indeed it is a beautiful day for Pakistan after the Chief Justice has been restored. I am a happy man today with a spring in my step, humming a song here and there and full of joy. To put it simply March 16 was the greatest [...]

The Chief Justice and his brother judges have been restored. The lawyers movement have achieved their goals for the restoration of judges as per the November 2nd position. This is a historic day and the culmination of a great struggle and the first chapter of a new Pakistan. As a passionate supporter of the Chief [...]

On the 9th of March 2007 Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry stood tall against a military dictator. Two years on from that day I feel somewhat nostalgic and want to state what has been achieved since that fateful day. The stand taken by ‘The Chief’ as I fondly call him and the principled lawyers movement [...]