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Pakistan Reinstates 8 Sacked Judges

HeadlineAug 28, 2008

Pakistan has reinstated eight judges removed by former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf last year. More judges could be sworn back in next week. But dissident Pakistani lawyers are criticizing the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party for not going far enough. Sixty judges were removed in total, and the group of reinstated judges does not include Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.

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