Lawyers' Movement

Lawyers' Movement
Activists of Pakistan Muslim League (N) participate in a long march on 15 March 2009, organised to support the Lawyers' Movement that had appealed for the restoration of judiciary since the unconstitutional suspension of Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.
Date9 March 2007 — 17 March 2009
Location
Nationwide, throughout Pakistan
Caused bySuspension of chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry
GoalsRestoration of judiciary and reinstatement of removed judges.
MethodsProtest demonstration, rallying motorcades
Resulted inEventual restoration of judiciary
Parties
Pakistani judiciary and various parties in opposition
Lead figures

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]

  1. ^ "SCBA terms removal assault on independence of judiciary". Dawn. 10 March 2007.