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EXECUTIVE ASSAULTS ON SUPREME COURT OF PAKISTAN AND MOVEMENT FOR INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY 200709

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2019(IV-IV).12      10.31703/gpr.2019(IV-IV).12      Published : Dec 2019

Executive Assaults on Supreme Court of Pakistan and Movement for Independent Judiciary: 2007-09

    Pakistan, since independence, has become a laboratory for constitutional experiments, with the judiciary playing the most controversial role. Under the theory of necessity, the superior judiciary has legalized military takeovers. Although controversial as a judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, Iftekhar Muhammad Chaudhry was found to be a changed person the moment he took his seat as a Chief Justice of Pakistan. However, the situation was not conducive for any action that went against the will of the military ruler. But the Judge-Bench collaboration supported by the entire civil society initiated a movement to negate and nullify the dictates of a dictator. The movement led by the Black Coats community extended over years, bearing hardships of all kinds. The movement was successful in forcing General Musharraf to uphold the provisions of the constitution and rules of established law. The entire nation emerged victorious in upholding what is called the rule of law.

    Judiciary, Supreme Court, Chief Justice of Pakistan, Rule of Law, Army
    (1) Hina Malik
    Demonstrator, Department of Political Science, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Sana Ullah
    Demonstrator, Department of Political Science, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Ayaz Ali Shah
    Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
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    APA : Malik, H., Ullah, S., & Shah, A. A. (2019). Executive Assaults on Supreme Court of Pakistan and Movement for Independent Judiciary: 2007-09. Global Political Review, IV(IV), 107-113. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2019(IV-IV).12
    CHICAGO : Malik, Hina, Sana Ullah, and Ayaz Ali Shah. 2019. "Executive Assaults on Supreme Court of Pakistan and Movement for Independent Judiciary: 2007-09." Global Political Review, IV (IV): 107-113 doi: 10.31703/gpr.2019(IV-IV).12
    HARVARD : MALIK, H., ULLAH, S. & SHAH, A. A. 2019. Executive Assaults on Supreme Court of Pakistan and Movement for Independent Judiciary: 2007-09. Global Political Review, IV, 107-113.
    MHRA : Malik, Hina, Sana Ullah, and Ayaz Ali Shah. 2019. "Executive Assaults on Supreme Court of Pakistan and Movement for Independent Judiciary: 2007-09." Global Political Review, IV: 107-113
    MLA : Malik, Hina, Sana Ullah, and Ayaz Ali Shah. "Executive Assaults on Supreme Court of Pakistan and Movement for Independent Judiciary: 2007-09." Global Political Review, IV.IV (2019): 107-113 Print.
    OXFORD : Malik, Hina, Ullah, Sana, and Shah, Ayaz Ali (2019), "Executive Assaults on Supreme Court of Pakistan and Movement for Independent Judiciary: 2007-09", Global Political Review, IV (IV), 107-113
    TURABIAN : Malik, Hina, Sana Ullah, and Ayaz Ali Shah. "Executive Assaults on Supreme Court of Pakistan and Movement for Independent Judiciary: 2007-09." Global Political Review IV, no. IV (2019): 107-113. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2019(IV-IV).12