Lawyers' Movement
2007 mass protest movement in Pakistan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Lawyers' Movement, also known as the Movement for the Restoration of Judiciary or the Black Coat Protests, was the popular mass protest movement initiated by the lawyers of Pakistan in response to the former president and army chief Pervez Musharraf's actions of 9 March 2007 when he unconstitutionally suspended Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry as the chief justice of Pakistan's Supreme Court. Following the suspension of the chief justice, the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) declared the judge's removal as an "assault on the independence of judiciary" and was backed by several political parties.[1]
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Date | 9 March 2007 — 17 March 2009 | ||
Location | Nationwide, throughout Pakistan | ||
Caused by | Suspension of chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry | ||
Goals | Restoration of judiciary and reinstatement of removed judges. | ||
Methods | Protest demonstration, rallying motorcades | ||
Resulted in | Eventual restoration of judiciary | ||
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