How Zardari joked Nawaz out of making arch nemesis Aitzaz Punjab Guv!
September 12th, 2008 - 3:39 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Sept 12 (ANI): Newly sworn in Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari declined PML-N leader and former premier Nawaz Sharifs call of installing Supreme Court Bar Association President Aitzaz Ahsan as ... Read more...
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Lawyers in Pakistan to protests on Aug 28
August 23rd, 2008 - 11:26 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad , August 23 (ANI): President of Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan Aitzaz Ahsan on Saturday said the lawyers would hold countrywide sit-in protests on August 28 if the deposed ... Read more...
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Pak coalition partners set up committee to restore sacked judges
August 19th, 2008 - 3:44 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad , Aug 19 (ANI): The four coalition partners in the Pakistan government last evening set up a committee to devise a framework for the restoration of sacked judges in accordance ... Read more...
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Pakistans SCBA wants restoration of Judges in three days
August 18th, 2008 - 10:33 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Aug 18 (ANI): Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Aitzaz Ahsan said that the deposed judges should be restored in the next three days.Following the resignation of President Pervez ... Read more...
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Zardari wants to reinstate judges, says SC bar chief Aitzaz
July 28th, 2008 - 1:47 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore , July 28 (ANI): Supreme Court Bar Association president Aitzaz Ahsan has said that PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari was in the favour of restoration of the sacked Supreme Court ... Read more...
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Zardari fears sacked chief justice might threaten Govt if reinstated
July 24th, 2008 - 1:40 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore , July 24 (ANI): PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has reportedly refused to reinstate the sacked chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, apparently due to the fear that ... Read more...
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Pakistan lawyers set Aug 14 deadline for restoring judges
July 19th, 2008 - 11:58 pm ICT by IANS
By Muhammad Najeeb
Islamabad, July 19 (IANS) Pakistan's agitating lawyers Saturday laid down a new Aug 14 deadline for restoring the Supreme Court judges President Pervez Musharraf had sacked after imposing an emergency ... Read more...
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Musharraf a shattered vehicle with only radio working, says Aitzaz
June 14th, 2008 - 12:30 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, June 14 (ANI): Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president Aitzaz Ahsan has compared the condition of Pervez Musharraf to a vehicle, which is completely shattered but its radio is ... Read more...
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Pakistani lawyers’ ‘Long March’ nears Islamabad (Lead)
June 13th, 2008 - 10:48 pm ICT by IANS
By Muhammad Najeeb
Islamabad, June 13 (IANS) Thousands of lawyers from across Pakistan, participating in a 'Long March' to demand restoration of the judges President Musharraf had sacked after declaring emergency last November, ... Read more...
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Islamabad blockaded, but lawyers confident of holding protest
June 11th, 2008 - 10:29 pm ICT by IANS
By Muhammad Najeeb
Islamabad, June 11 (IANS) The Pakistani government fortified Islamabad Wednesday to prevent a group of lawyers, activists and lay people, demanding reinstatement of judges sacked by the president last year, ... Read more...
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Pakistan lawyers march to demand reinstatement of judges (Lead)
June 9th, 2008 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
By Muhammad Najeeb
Islamabad, June 9 (IANS) Hundreds of lawyers, political activists and members of general public Monday launched a four-day march towards Pakistan's capital for restoration of judges sacked by President Pervez ... Read more...
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Aitzaz says NYT misquoted him saying cases against Zardari were justified
June 3rd, 2008 - 12:05 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore , June 3 (ANI): Senior PPP leader and president of the Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association, Aitzaz Ahsan has said that the New York Times had misquoted him saying that ... Read more...
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Aitzaz Ahsan says most corruption cases dropped against Zardari were justified
June 2nd, 2008 - 12:25 pm ICT by admin
New York, June 2 (ANI): Senior PPP leader and president of Pakistans Supreme Court Bar Association, Aitzaz Ahsan, who was interior minister in Benazir Bhuttos first government, has said that most ... Read more...
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Pak lawyers to rock on June 10 Islamabad to force Musharraf to step down
May 29th, 2008 - 2:40 pm ICT by admin
Lahore , May 29 (ANI): Pakistani lawyers have decided to organize a long-march on June 10 to force the federal government to pay heed to their demand of reinstating the deposed ... Read more...
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Aitzaz refuses to accept minus one, three-year service formula
May 25th, 2008 - 11:36 am ICT by admin
Faisalabad, May 25 (ANI): Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Aitzaz Ahsan has refused to use the minus-one and three-year service formula for the reinstatement of deposed judges.We reject ... Read more...
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Pakistani lawyers to march for return of deposed judges
May 18th, 2008 - 7:29 pm ICT by admin
Islamabad, May 18 (IANS) Pakistani lawyers are to begin a "long march" across the country June 10 to demand the reinstatement of Supreme Court and High Court judges who were dismissed after ... Read more...
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PPP-PML-N London talks end in deadlock
May 11th, 2008 - 11:36 am ICT by admin
London, May 11 (ANI): Talks between key leaders of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) on the sacked judges' restoration issue being held here have ... Read more...
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Pak judges restoration deadline of May 12 unlikely to be met
May 9th, 2008 - 1:12 pm ICT by admin
Lahore, May 9 (ANI): In the wake of the committee set up to deliberate on the sacked judges issue not reaching a consensus on the draft resolution for judicial restoration, the ... Read more...
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Sharif, Zardari lunch date in London to restore judges
May 8th, 2008 - 1:33 pm ICT by admin
By Muhammad Najeeb
Islamabad, May 8 (IANS) Asif Ali Zardari and Nawaz Sharif, leaders of the main partners of Pakistan's ruling coalition, are scheduled to meet over lunch in London Thursday to discuss ... Read more...
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Pakistani lawyers’ attack on former minister sparks protests
April 9th, 2008 - 6:58 pm ICT by admin
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Islamabad, April 9 (DPA) Supporters of a former Pakistani cabinet minister Wednesday protested in the eastern Punjab province, a day after lawyers attacked him for defending President Pervez Musharraf's controversial actions. Sher ... Read more...
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Aitzaz Ahsan decides to resign as Supreme Court Bar Association president
April 9th, 2008 - 9:43 am ICT by admin
Lahore, Apr.9 (ANI): Aitzaz Ahsan has decided to resign from the post of president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) in protest against the unwarranted thrashing of the former federal ... Read more...
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Pak’s deposed CJ’s counsel says judges’ restoration without Iftikhar unacceptable
April 8th, 2008 - 1:26 pm ICT by admin
Islamabad, Apr 8 (ANI): Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association president and deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Choudhary's counsel Aitzaz Ahsan has said that the lawyers' community would not accept the judges restoration ... Read more...
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Pak lawyers to undertake `Long March’ if sacked judges are not restored
April 8th, 2008 - 9:40 am ICT by admin
Lahore, Apr.8 (ANI): The legal fraternity in Pakistan has warned that it will organise a "Long March" across the country if the coalition government does not restore the sacked judiciary within ... Read more...
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PPP may save Musharraf
April 4th, 2008 - 1:03 pm ICT by admin
Islamabad, Apr 4 (ANI): A Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) minister has been meeting some of the deposed judges in Islamabads Judges Enclave to seek assurances from them that once restored they ... Read more...
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Pak Supreme Court justices house ransacked, Gilani orders inquiry
March 30th, 2008 - 1:19 pm ICT by admin
Islamabad/Lahore, Mar.30 (ANI): Pakistan Supreme Court staff on Saturday raided the house of deposed apex court Justice Khalilur Rahman Ramday and took away some important files and documents.
Sources told the Dawn ... Read more...
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Pakistan constitutional experts see possibility in deposed judges’ restoration
March 17th, 2008 - 3:48 pm ICT by admin
Islamabad, March 17, (ANI): Constitutional experts in a seminar on Sunday said that Pakistan constitution allows for the restoration of the judiciary, who were suspended by President Pervez Musharraf during last ... Read more...
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Pakistan lawyers demand restoration of sacked judges
March 9th, 2008 - 8:14 pm ICT by admin
By Muhammad Najeeb
Islamabad, March 9 (IANS) Marking the first anniversary of chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry's suspension, lawyers throughout Pakistan observed 'black day' Sunday and demanded immediate restoration of the sacked judges of ... Read more...
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Aitzaz Ahsan criticises US, Britain for supporting Musharraf
March 6th, 2008 - 10:21 pm ICT by admin
Rawalpindi, Mar 6 (ANI): Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association president Aitzaz Ahsan on Thursday criticised the US and Britain for supporting President Pervez Musharraf.
He urged the government of both the countries ... Read more...
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Aitzaz Ahsan released
March 2nd, 2008 - 6:58 pm ICT by admin
Islamabad, Mar 2 (ANI): Punjab Government has released the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Aitzaz Ahsan, sources have told Geo News.Punjab Home Department has withdrawn police deployed at the residence of ... Read more...
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Pakistani Punjab Government to release Aitzaz Ahsan
March 2nd, 2008 - 2:48 pm ICT by admin
Islamabad, Mar 2 (ANI): The Pakistani Punjab Government has decided to release the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president Aitzaz Ahsan.The Government of Punjab has decided to release Aitzaz Ahsan as the ... Read more...
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West accused of plotting to save Musharraf
February 26th, 2008 - 6:04 pm ICT by admin
London, Feb.26 (ANI): Britain and America are being accused of pressing winners of the February 18 elections in Pakistan not to remove President Musharraf.
Senior figures of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and ... Read more...
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Election results likely to ease Pak problems
February 26th, 2008 - 4:25 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Feb 26 (ANI): The February 18 poll in Pakistan is likely to ease country's political and constitutional crisis, precipitated by President Pervez Musharrafs decision to sack Supreme Court justices and alter ... Read more...
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Aitzaz asks PPP, PML-N to reinstate judges quickly
February 24th, 2008 - 12:28 pm ICT by admin
Lahore, Feb 24 (ANI): Pakistans Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Aitzaz Ahsan has warned the leaderships of the PPP and PML-N to get the deposed judges reinstated quickly or face a ... Read more...
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Pakistanis have rejected Musharraf: Aitzaz, Imran
February 22nd, 2008 - 7:16 pm ICT by admin
Lahore, Feb 22 (ANI): Cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan and Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association president Aitzaz Ahsan on Friday said the Pakistanis have rejected President Pervez Musharrafs dictatorship.
Appreciating Pakistan Muslim League-N chief ... Read more...
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New Parliament to decide Musharraf’s future: Zardari
February 21st, 2008 - 11:32 am ICT by admin
Islamabad, Feb 21 (ANI): Pakistan People's Party (PPP) co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari has said that the new Parliament would decide the future of President Pervez Musharraf."The people of Pakistan have spoken ... Read more...
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