Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry

• Pakistan's new chief justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani sworn in

  Pakistan's new chief justice took his oath of office on Thursday after his outspoken predecessor retired

• Pakistan names new Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani

  Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, known as a "gentleman judge", was today named Pakistan's new Chief Justice, replacing activist judge Iftikhar Chaudhry who led a crusade against corruption and misgovernance.

• Plane carrying Pakistan chief justice catches fire

  A Pakistani plane which had on board a number of VIPs, including Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, caught fire on Sunday just before taking off from the port city of Karachi, Geo News reported.

• Pakistan's top court struggles to deliver justice

  Each day, the chief justice of Pakistan's Supreme Court confronts a stack of blue folders stuffed with desperate pleas from residents claiming that corrupt police, inept prosecutors or moribund lower courts have failed them.

• Pak judges referred to Indian verdicts to disqualify Gilani

  Pakistan's Supreme Court referred to two judicial verdicts by India's Supreme Court in its ruling disqualifying Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani following his conviction of contempt. The four-page short order issued on Tuesday by a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry referred to a total of eight judicial verdicts, including...

• Gilani asks son to cut short honeymoon, face probe in drug case

  Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani today asked his son Ali Musa, who has been linked to alleged irregularities in the import of a large amount of the chemical Ephedrine, to cut short his honeymoon and return to Pakistan to face a probe. Ali Musa, who was recently elected to the National Assembly or lower house of Parliament, is in South Afr...

• Pak PM Gilani's son in Rs 7 billion drug scam?

  A Rs 7 billion ($77 million) "drug quota allotment" scam allegedly involving Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani' son has surfaced in Pakistan, Geo News reported. A three-member Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry heard a case on Thursday against the health ministry illegally allotting a quota of a bronchodilator dr...

• Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in court for hearing on contempt charges

  Pakistan's embattled Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will appear before Supreme Court today to face contempt charges that could decide his fate and plunge the country into a fresh political turmoil over his refusal to reopen graft cases against the President. Dealing a major blow to Gilani, 59, Pakistan's apex court headed by Chief Justice Iftikh...

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  Sacking Pakistan's Chief Justice was a mistake: Musharraf

  Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has said he made a "mistake" by sacking Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry.