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...drive from Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, to the hill station of Abbottabad usually takes two hours. But when the recently suspended Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry drove that route to address the local bar association two weeks ago, the journey clocked in at 14. Every small town and junction along the way was thronged with cheering crowds. Banners waved, music blared, and dancing ponies performed. Crowds at rallies for Pervez Musharraf can be just as big, but these days most of the President's well-wishers are bused in. "The government rents crowds for their rallies...
...trappings of a campaign rally. But Chaudhry is no candidate. He is a symbol, rather, of a yearning for democracy and an independent judiciary, and the people of Pakistan are coming out in the tens of thousands to show their support. Even visits to the Supreme Court in Islamabad, where the charges against Chaudhry are being debated, are cause for protests-or at least they were, until the recent enactment of a ban on any public gatherings of more than five people. The battered 1994 Mitsubishi Pajero that the Chief Justice uses for his journeys outside the city has become...
...unlikely a hero as his ride. But he is at the center of an escalating crisis that threatens to destabilize Pakistan's military dictatorship. On Saturday, the Chief Justice, who was suspended by President-General Pervez Musharraf nearly three months ago for alleged misconduct, left his home in Islamabad to address a High Court Lawyer's convention in Abbottabad, 70 miles away. The journey took 15 hours...
...Chief Justice himself, who remained stranded for eight hours at the VIP lounge of the airport along with many of his lawyers, returned to Islamabad after local authorities refused to allow him to enter Karachi by road...
...Meanwhile, in Islamabad, Musharraf talked tough. "I am not afraid of anyone," he told supporters at a rally in the capital. "People are with...