Pakistan's gun-slinging chief justice faces backlash

ISLAMABAD: To his admirers, Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Chaudhry is a hero whose relentless pursuit of a money-laundering case against the president is teaching a generation of the country's leaders a long-overdue lesson in respect for the law.To his critics, he is a runaway judge in the grip of a messiah complex whose turbo-charged brand of activism threatens to upend the power balance underpinning precarious embrace of democracy.Last week, Justice Chaudhry made his boldest move yet by d... more

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