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The government of Pakistan said Friday that it has reopened a corruption case against former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif , the same day that an anti-terrorism court ordered the arrest of his brother, Shahbaz Sharif,...

A Pakistani lawyers group Thursday pressed its campaign to defeat an expected re-election bid by President Pervez Musharraf , holding planned protest rallies and boycotting courts nationwide. Speaking on behalf of the lawyers, Pakistani Supreme Court Bar Association...

Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has dismissed Law and Justice Minister Wasi Zafar and moved him to another cabinet portfolio in the wake of the reinstatement of suspended Pakistan Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry [official website;...

Pakistan Muslim League and Nawaz Sharif v. Federation of Pakistan, Supreme Court of Pakistan, August 23, 2007 [ruling that former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif can return to the country, effectively ending the 10-year exile imposed after Sharif was deposed...

The Supreme Court of Pakistan ruled Thursday that former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif can return to the country, effectively ending the 10-year exile imposed after Sharif was deposed in a military coup led by...

A Pakistani court ruled Friday that government prosecutors may reopen their investigation into alleged corruption committed by exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif , dealing a blow to Sharif's bid to return to Pakistan. Sharif, exiled for 10...

JURIST Contributing Editor Ali Khan of Washburn University School of Law says that the suspension of Pakistan Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has pushed the country's lawyers and top judge into an unprecedented confrontation with the executive power of President...

Judges in Pakistan have postponed two separate proceedings in the case of suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry as criticism of President Pervez Musharraf's effective sacking of the country's chief magistrate continues. On...

Pakistani police have arrested hundreds of opposition activists suspected of planning future demonstrations against Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's controversial suspension of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry , according to Pakistan opposition leaders Sunday. The Pakistani...