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Pakistan court allows prosecutors to reopen corruption case against exiled former-PM

August 17, 2007 10:55:00 AM

A Pakistani court ruled Friday that government prosecutors may reopen their investigation into alleged corruption committed by exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif , dealing a blow to Sharif's bid to return to Pakistan. Sharif, exiled for 10...

August 10, 2007 11:27:00 AM

The Supreme Court of Pakistan ordered the Pakistani government to produce complete voter registration records Friday after former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto petitioned that there were up to 30 million missing registrations. Bhutto's lawyer Latif...

August 3, 2007 10:03:00 AM

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday ordered the release on bail of jailed opposition leader Javed Hashmi pending his appeal of his 2004 conviction for allegedly inciting mutiny in the armed forces, forgery and...

August 2, 2007 10:45:00 AM

The High Court of Australia upheld an interim control order against Joseph Terrence Thomas Thursday, accepting the government's argument and ruling that the control order provision of a controversial anti-terror law ...

August 1, 2007 08:24:00 AM

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said publicly Tuesday that he has accepted the judgment of the judiciary to reinstate Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry , adding that the "four pillars" of democratic society consisting of...

July 21, 2007 11:21:00 AM

Pakistani Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry resumed his duties on the Supreme Court of Pakistan Saturday, a day after the high court reinstated Chaudhry and dismissed all charges of misconduct ...

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Pakistan's Supreme Court shows the way

July 20, 2007 08:56:00 AM

Ali Khan : "In the Constitutional Petition No. 21 of 2007 (Chief Justice Chaudhry v. The President of Pakistan), a unanimous Supreme Court of 13 Justices has declared that the President's Order to suspend the Chief...

July 20, 2007 08:34:00 AM

Constitution petitions ruling, Supreme Court of Pakistan, July 20, 2007 . Read the full text...

July 20, 2007 07:59:00 AM

The Supreme Court of Pakistan ruled 10-3 Friday to reinstate suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry to the top court, holding that President Pervez Musharraf's March 9 suspension order was illegal....

July 19, 2007 02:08:00 PM

Counsel for suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry of the Supreme Court of Pakistan Thursday asked the judge's former colleagues to reinstate him or else risk further destabilizing the country. Lawyer Aitzaz Ahsan...

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