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MAKING PLEA: President Musharraf had suspended Chaudhry in March this year.

SC hears CJ plea as Karachi burns

At least 40 people have died in clashes after the opposition tried to disrupt Iftikar Mohammad Chaudhry's rally.

Firing at Pak's suspended CJ's home

Unidentified attackers fired shots at the home of Pakistan's suspended chief justice Iftikar Mohammad Chowdhury.

Pakistan Supreme Court has asked to stop all proceedings against the sacked chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry.

The appointment of a Hindu judge as Pakistan's Acting Chief Justice has been challenged in the Supreme Court.

Rana Bhagwan Das will take charge as the Acting Chief Justice of Pakistan in Islamabad on Monday.

Justice Das becomes the second non-Muslim holding Pakistan's top judicial post after Justice A R Cornelius.

Justice Rana Bhagwan Das was on Saturday sworn in as the acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

Bhagwan Das would be sworn in on Saturday in the Supreme Court registry in Karachi and is expected to come to Islamabad later.

Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on Friday appealed to agitating lawyers not to make the CJ suspension a political issue.

Lawyers and activists staged massive protests across major cities in Pakistan against suspension of Chaudhry.

The meeting that will take place in London will discuss the ongoing crisis and chalk out the Opposition strategy.

The hearing for Pakistan's suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has been postponed to April 3.