Chief justice's return could be political land mine in Pakistan

[pkpatriotic]

After contradictory signals and mounting pressure from Pakistani lawyers, the new democratic government appears poised to reinstate the Supreme Court chief justice dismissed last year by President Pervez Musharraf.

The restoration of the judge, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, who was recently freed after four months of house arrest, has become the first real test of Pakistan's new leaders and something of a political land mine.

The government now seems likely to restore the chief justice, but with conditions intended to blunt Chaudhry's independence, as they all have their own problems, and if "Musharraf has a five-year term approved by the Dogar court." then Zardari "has protection under the law" because of the same court. While Nawaz Sharif will enjoy the next premiership just hit two main oponants Musharaf & Zaradari. That's the reason behind un-flexable stand for restoration of judges specially CJ.

The fear Chaudhry strikes across the political establishment reflects his penchant for using the high court to take on popular causes that have rankled Pakistan's leaders. His possible return, for instance, threatens to reopen the issue of whether Musharraf is now in office illegally, lawyers and politicians say.

He could also decide to revisit the cases of hundreds of Pakistanis missing in secret detentions, or decide to overturn a recent amnesty for politicians accused of corruption.

 

[mujahideen]

What I have been hearing in the news is that the Chief Justice will be restored. But shortly afterwards he will be hand in his resignation.

 

[pkpatriotic]

Its an expected proposal but not decieded, It may be finalized after a meeting between Zardari & N.Sharif expected in next week......! In any case we shud not expect any publice service /jutice orientated ........ untill and unless we will have completely new machinary .....! As this is just a so-called socio political issues which are not capable to facilitise public in any case. as we already learnt a lot from nearest history. But dont worry........... we Pakistanis are not alone to face such bitter experiences...... its happened all over the world and even in the biggest democracy of USA, as i hv stated in my artical titled " Unimaginable International Human Sufferings"