Judges to be reinstated as coalition lands its first blow on Musharraf

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Source: Independent UK

In a devastating blow to President Pervez Musharraf, the winners of last month's election yesterday vowed to join forces and reinstate Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry and other judges sacked during the imposition of the state of emergency last November.

The announcement came as the late Benazir Bhutto's party, now led by her widower Asif Zardari, finalised a coalition government with former prime minister Nawaz Sharif. The once bitter rivals now hold nearly two-thirds of the National Assembly, raising the prospect of a parliament hostile to the deeply unpopular Mr Musharraf.

"Iftikhar Chaudhry will absolutely be restored ," said Nadir Chaudhri, Mr Sharif's spokesman. "The restoration of the judiciary is an issue on which the people of Pakistan delivered a mandate. It is important for Pakistan's future as a constitutionally viable state, so that we can block future adventurers from taking reckless decisions."

In the capital yesterday, hundreds of lawyers and opposition activists, bearing black flags and armbands, advanced on the deposed Chief Justice's home – where he has been under house arrest for the past four months – chanting anti-Musharraf slogans. They were beaten back by policemen using tear gas.



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1. This will be inteesting to watch how this unfolds

and what the end game is...

[Tempest]

2. I expect Mushy to take drastic measures

And Pakistan will fall into a civil war because of it.

Mushy can't afford to have the Parliment overturning his decisions.

[Q3JR4]

3. I think I agree with you...

which defeats the entire purpose of having Democratic elections.

On the other hand civil wars, though causing lots of bloodshed and hatred on both sides, aren't always for the worst....

Q3JR4.