Pakistan's Long March 2008
In June, 2008, Pakistani lawyers and judges along with civil society undertook a "Long March" across Pakistan to protest the 2007 sacking of 60 judges by former President Pervez Musharraf Former Chief Justice of the Pakistan Supreme Court, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, has agreed to meet the protestors in Lahore. The protest, which began in Karachi, will end in Islamabad on or around June 12, and will culminate with a sit-in before the Pakistani parliament. As the Long March commenced, despite the obstacles, thousands of people marched towards Islamabad. The Prime Minister announced on 16th March 2009 to restore the chief justice, Iftikhar Chaudhry and hence the judiciary to its position prior to 2nd November 2007. With this the march was called off.
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