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Introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 September 2022

Yasser Kureshi
Yasser Kureshi
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University of Oxford
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It started with November 3rd 2007. Police broke into the High Court premises. They took us to the Anti-Terrorist court the next morning. All of us lawyers were sent to Kot Lakpat jail. After the arrests, there was no moving back even an inch, even a millimetre … Restoration (of the Chief Justice) was the first agenda. Independence (of the judiciary) after that. We all wanted rule of law … This Chief Justice (Iftikhar Chaudhry), he was a symbol of justice because he stood up to everyone … even the military. By now lawyers had started thinking of themselves as a political party. From Communist lawyers to Islamist lawyers they were all united as one.1

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Seeking Supremacy
The Pursuit of Judicial Power in Pakistan
 , pp. 1 - 17
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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  • Introduction
  • Yasser Kureshi, University of Oxford
  • Book: Seeking Supremacy
  • Online publication: 08 September 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009025515.001
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  • Introduction
  • Yasser Kureshi, University of Oxford
  • Book: Seeking Supremacy
  • Online publication: 08 September 2022
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  • Introduction
  • Yasser Kureshi, University of Oxford
  • Book: Seeking Supremacy
  • Online publication: 08 September 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009025515.001
Available formats
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