Pak govt asks SC to throw out top judge's petition
Afp, Islamabad
Lawyers for the Pakistani government asked the Supreme Court yesterday to throw out a petition by the country's top judge against his suspension, which has provoked a wave of deadly protests. President Pervez Musharraf suspended chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on March 9 on misconduct charges, including that he had abused his position to get top police jobs for his son. Clashes erupted between rival political activists in the southern city of Karachi at the weekend as the judge tried to hold a rally there, leaving around 40 people dead. The Supreme Court on Monday began a hearing into Chaudhry's petition, in which he has challenged his suspension as well as a judicial inquiry into misconduct charges by a panel of five senior judges called the Supreme Judicial Council.
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Indian Muslim women hold placards as they stage a protest against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi yesterday. PHOTO: AFP |
