Mustafa Qadri

Chaudhry said the people are being denied justice as those who violated the law and the constitution still enjoyed unlimited and unchecked powers.

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The following piece, on Pakistan’s deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, was published on ABC Unleashed today:

Lone Chief still waiting for justice

It was cold and windy in New York two Mondays ago when Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, the deposed Chief Justice of Pakistan’s Supreme Court, accepted his honorary membership of the New York City Bar Association. It was certainly a departure from the hot, humid pro-democracy rallies where Chaudhry has been demanding an independent judiciary in Pakistan ever since being removed from the bench in November last year.

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“A long wait for justice” NewMatilda.com 4 August 2008
(On the state of Pakistan’s lawyers’ movement)

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Musharraf’s dismissal of the Pakistani Chief Justice reveals the true face of the War on Terror.

Friday, or ‘Jumma’ as it is known to Muslims, is the holiest day of the week. It is usually a day of rest and reflection. It was on a Friday, 9 March 2007, that President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan told the country’s senior most judge, Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry of the Supreme Court, that he was being dismissed due to allegations of misconduct. Little detail of the alleged misconduct was made public by the Government. What information is known of the allegations came from an open letter to the Chief Justice from a noted pro-Government lawyer and television presenter, Naeem Bokhari.

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