Suspended Pak Chief Judge: Protests Continue

Pakistan’s suspended chief judge has appeared before a judicial panel in the capital, as a political street battle over his fate enters its fourth week. From Islamabad, VOA Correspondent Benjamin Sand reports that lawyers and political activists continue taking to the streets in the thousands, protesting the suspension and calling for the Pakistani president to resign. Read on…

“Political analysts here say the current political storm may be the greatest challenge Mr. Musharraf, an army general, has faced since taking power in a military coup in 1999.”

And here…“The United States, which lauds Musharraf for pledging to restore democracy, and the European Union have both expressed concern about the judicial standoff and its implications for parliamentary elections due at the end of 2007.”