AFP, Islamabad
Pakistan’s government of Parvez Musharraf has formally retired 37 judges, including the former chief justice, who refused to approve President Pervez Musharraf’s emergency rule, the attorney general said Wednesday.
The judges declined to take a fresh oath of allegiance after Musharraf imposed the state of emergency on November 3, citing as one major factor the judiciary’s “interference” in government.
Pakistan’s opposition parties, including those led by ex-premiers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif have called for the judges, led by outspoken chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, to be restored. [Read more]