Order voiding Chaudhry court order against Pakistan emergency rule [Pakistan SC]

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Order voiding Chaudhry court order against Pakistan emergency rule [Pakistan SC]

November 6, 2007 06:56:00 pm

Order, Supreme Court of Pakistan, November 6, 2007 [order by an 8-member Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar declaring void an order by now-dismissed Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry against President Pervez Musharraf's declaration of emergency rule]. Read the full text of the order [DOC]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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