THE LAWYERS MOVEMENT FOR JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE IN PAKISTAN: A STUDY OF MUSHARRAF REGIME

The main objective of the paper is to highlight thestruggle of the lawyers for judicial independence in Pakistan. As an institution judiciary should be independent and free from all influences but the authoritarian styles of various governments are responsible for the Institutional decay of judiciary in Pakistan. In 1999, Musharraf came into power in the shape of a military coup. The constitution was suspended and the judiciary legitimized his military rule. The same judiciary showed independence in 2007 when chief justice was deposed. This was a turning point of the judicial history. Lawyers from all over the country starteda movement for the rule of law and independence of judiciary. The study explores the role of lawyers in supporting the judicial construction.