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| New Pak CJ over-rules Chaudhry's order; cancels all cases against Musharraf |
| 2007-11-04 |
| Pakistan's new Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar has over-ruled his predecessor Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry's order annulling emergency and cancelled all cases that were being heard by the Supreme Court, including legal challenge to President Pervez Musharraf's re-election in uniform. Dogar, who was sworn in by Musharraf as the Chief Justice of the apex court shortly after the imposition of emergency on Saturday, said in a statement that the court had not passed any order against the Provisional Constitutional Order issued by the military ruler to suspend the Constitution and fundamental rights. The order issued by Chaudhry and six other judges was the last act of defiance before they were removed from the Supreme Court by security forces. They also refused to endorse the Provisional Constitutional Order. Dogar said the roster of cases issued by Chaudhry had been "cancelled" and a revised roster would be issued. Among the cases that have been cancelled is the legal challenge to Musharraf's re-election in uniform in the October 6 presidential poll. The statement said that "those judges of the Supreme Court who are not invited to take the oath (under the PCO) would cease to hold office and cannot exercise any judicial or administrative power". Dogar also removed the Supreme Court's registrar Faqeer Hussain from his office and sent him to the Law Commission. Dogar appointed additional registrar Sara Saeed as the acting registrar of the apex court. Before his appointment, Dogar was part of the 11-member bench that was hearing petitions challenging Musharraf's candidature in the presidential election. |
| Posted by:john frum |
| #1 So, like any tenure review committee basically. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-11-04 07:23 |