rediff News (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
Unfazed by the demands from the estranged ally PML-N and the influential lawyers movement, Pakistan's ruling PPP has decided against re-instating deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar M Chaudhry to his previous post and said he will have to work under the incumbent if re-appointed.
Pakistan News (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Law, Farooq H. Naek Friday said that Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar had taken oath as the Chief Justice of Pakistan and he is the present CJ of the country. “The decision regarding appointment of Iftikhar Chaudhry as the Chief Justice will be taken once he comes back,” the Law Minister said while [...]
Fijilive (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Fiji’s former interim Cabinet ministers Mahendra Chaudhry, Lekh Ram Vayeshnoi and Tom Ricketts are still banned from entering New Zealand.This is despite exiting Cabinet last month.The New Zealand High Commission has confirmed that the "Fiji interim ministers have, by their actions, given considerable support to and have been an integral part of the military-led government”.The commission says...
Fiji Times (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
Labour Party leader Mahendra Chaudhry says part of the reason he quit the interim Government was to dissociate the party from the People's Charter process.
Fijilive (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
Former interim Finance Minister Mahendra Chaudhry and two Labour Party colleagues remain banned from traveling to Australia despite exiting Cabinet mid last month.A spokesman for the Australia High Commission in Suva said in a statement: “For the time being, those who have served as interim Ministers in the interim Government remain affected by travel sanctions, on the grounds that their actions...
Hindu (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
THANJAVUR: The State government has embarked upon reforming the agriculture extension services as part of the measures to upgrade the agriculture sector which is in crisis, said Surjeet K. Chaudhry, Principal Secretary and Special ...
Pakistan News (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
ISLAMABAD:Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Khawaja Saad Rafiq on Saturday said that PML-N could rejoin the coalition provided they restore all the deposed judges including Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. “Our struggle will continue till restoration of all the deposed judges including Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry,” he said this while talking to media persons at Parliament House. He...
Blogging for a free world (Free subscription) | yesterday
... over the failure to restore all the judges including the ousted chief justice, Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry. Tassadiq Hussain Jillani, Shakirullah Jan and Syed Jamshed Ali were sworn back into the court at a ceremony Friday. Law Minister Farooq Naek said Chaudhry was also welcome to take a fresh oath, but said he could not return as chief justice because removing the judge who replaced...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
The Pakistan People's Party (PPP)has decided in principle not to restore the deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and his fellow judges, local newspaper The News reported on Friday. The News quoted PPP spokesman Farhatullah Babar as saying that Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani had been duly informed in this regard. Gillani has declared in the Senate that the deposed judges...
Pakistan Times! (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly has been informed that the government is providing subsidy on petroleum products by not passing the full impact of international price increase to the consumers to provide them oil on reasonable prices. Parliamentary Secretary for petroleum Chaudhry Ejaz Virk informed the House during question hour that the government is subsidizing high [...]
"GroundReport (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has decided in principle not to restore the deposed chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and his fellow judges to the Nov 2 position, and Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has been duly informed in this regard, the party spokesman Farhatullah Babar has confirmed to The News. A senior PPP leader confided to The News that Gilani’s last-ditch efforts to...
Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | yesterday
... increased, their return did not require any resignations. The return of the chief justice, Ifikhar Chaudhry, however, would be more difficult, since there cannot be two chief justices and Zardari is unwilling to have Chaudhry leading the court again because the former chief justice is thought to view the corruption charges against Zardari, for the moment dropped, as plausible.I watched...
Times of India (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
The ruling Pakistan People’s Party has decided in principle not to restore the deposed chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and his fellow judges.
Pakistan Times! (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
ISLAMABAD: Hundreds of lawyers and political activists have gathered at the Constitution Avenue here on Thursday staging protest demonstration to put pressure on government for the early restoration of deposed judges including Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry. Large gathering of lawyers was lead by President of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Chaudhry Atizaz Ahsan, Ali [...]...
Pakistan Times! (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
QUETTA: Pakistan Muslim League-Q’s presidential candidate, Mushahid Hussain Syed has once again challenged to PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari for debate on national issues. Addressing a press conference along with Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain in Quetta, Mushahid Hussain said he was ready for debate with Asif Ali Zardari on national issues. “We have taken the presidential [...]
