Pakistan Judiciary Taught To Behave

The chain of events triggered by the show of defiance by Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhary on 9 March 2007 against the bullying by the Pakistan President reached its culmination with the declaration of emergency by Pakistan’s President and COAS General Musharraf on 3 November 2007.This has generally come to be known, and with some justification, as Musharraf’s second coup. In a country used to being governed directly by its military with occasional spells of democratically elected governments being permitted to function (but allowed to exercise only so much authority as the military rulers considered appropriate to trust them with), the latest episode should not be regarded as anything extraordinary. The present reversion to unmitigated military rule has however some novel and noteworthy features. Register to read more...