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Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association adopts annual remembrance days
July 20, 2008
[JURIST] The Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association has adopted two annual days of remembrance to highlight the plight of judges deposed following the declaration of emergency [JURIST report] by President Pervez Musharraf in November 2007. The Bar Association will observe [Daily Times report].... [more] 
UN to investigate Bhutto assassination
July 11, 2008
[JURIST] The UN announced Thursday that it will form a panel to investigate the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto [BBC obituary; JURIST news archive]. Bhutto was killed in December 2007 at a political rally in Rawalpindi, after she returned to the country from exile.... [more]
Pakistan lawyers protest senior ruling party stance on deposed judges
July 11, 2008
[JURIST] Members of the Pakistan lawyers' movement [JURIST news archive] rallied Thursday against the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) [party website] and party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari for failing to reinstate judges deposed after the declaration of emergency [JURIST report] by President Pervez.... [more]
NYC subway bomb plotter conviction affirmed on appeal
July 10, 2008
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit [official website] Wednesday affirmed the conviction [JURIST report] of a Pakistani man tried for conspiring to bomb a New York City subway station. On appeal, Shahawar Matin Siraj (Matin) argued that the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.... [more]
Pakistan high court upholds emergency declaration, ouster of judges
July 5, 2008
[JURIST] The reconstituted Supreme Court of Pakistan [official website] validated President Pervez Musharraf's [official profile; JURIST news archive] declaration of emergency rule and concomitant ouster of judges, including former Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry [JURIST news archive], in.... [more]
Pakistan bar leader criticizes US silence on ouster of judges
July 3, 2008
[JURIST] Pakistani Supreme Court Bar Association President Aitzaz Ahsan [profile; JURIST news archive] strongly criticized the Bush administration's Pakistan policy during a visit to the US this past week, arguing that its refusal to condemn President Pervez Musharraf's November 2007 declaration.... [more]
Pakistan must change constitution to reinstate judges: justice minister
June 30, 2008
[JURIST] The Pakistani constitution must be amended in order to reinstate the judges who were ousted last year by Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf [official profile; JURIST news archive], Pakistani Law and Justice Minister Farooq H. Naik said Sunday. He said that while the constitution.... [more]
Pakistan Supreme Court delays Friday by-election in district of ex-PM Sharif
June 25, 2008
[JURIST] The Supreme Court of Pakistan [official website] on Wednesday agreed to delay a by-election scheduled for Thursday in the district of the leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) [party website] and ex-Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] until.... [more]
Pakistan government to challenge Sharif election disqualification
June 24, 2008
[JURIST] The Pakistan government will challenge Monday's Lahore High Court ruling [JURIST report] blocking Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) [party website] leader and former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] from running in upcoming parliamentary.... [more]
Pakistan legislature passes controversial Supreme Court expansion in budget bill
June 23, 2008
[JURIST] The Pakistan National Assembly [official website] Sunday passed a bill [text, PDF] which not only approved the country's 2008-2009 budget, but also expanded the membership of the country's Supreme Court from 16 to 29 justices. Passage of the so-called Finance Bill was sharply criticized.... [more]
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