Editing Pervez Musharraf (section)

===Suspension of the Chief Justice===
{{Main|Suspension of Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry}}
On 9 March 2007, Musharraf suspended Chief Justice [[Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry]] and pressed corruption charges against him. He replaced him with Acting Chief Justice Javed Iqbal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/236769|title=CJ suspended, escorted home: • Justice Iftikhar summoned by SJC on 13th for reference hearing • Ex-judges call it a blow to judiciary's independence; minister defends decision • Whither judicial activism?|last=Iqbal|first=Nasir|date=10 March 2007|website=Dawn|location=Pakistan|language=en|access-date=17 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217114653/https://www.dawn.com/news/236769|archive-date=17 December 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

Musharraf's moves sparked protests among Pakistani lawyers. On 12 March 2007, lawyers started a campaign called Judicial Activism across Pakistan and began boycotting all court procedures in protest against the suspension. In Islamabad, as well as other cities such as Lahore, Karachi, and [[Quetta]] hundreds of lawyers dressed in black suits attended rallies, condemning the suspension as unconstitutional. Slowly the expressions of support for the ousted Chief Justice gathered momentum and by May, protesters and opposition parties took out huge rallies against Musharraf, and his tenure as army chief was also challenged in the courts.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Musharraf's tenure as army chief challenged|date=15 May 2007|newspaper=Dawn|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/247064/musharraf-s-tenure-as-army-chief-challenged|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140422165741/http://www.dawn.com/news/247064/musharraf-s-tenure-as-army-chief-challenged|archive-date=22 April 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Editorial: Musharraf's political options are closing|newspaper=[[Daily Times (Pakistan)|Daily Times]]|date=14 May 2007|url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007%5C05%5C14%5Cstory_14-5-2007_pg3_1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930184145/http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007%5C05%5C14%5Cstory_14-5-2007_pg3_1|archive-date=30 September 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>