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Pakistan: ICJ concludes high-level mission to examine the independence of the judiciary since the lawyers’ movement

Pakistan: ICJ concludes high-level mission to examine the independence of the judiciary since the lawyers’ movement

Sep 16, 2011 | News

The ICJ ended its six-day High-Level Mission to Pakistan today after studying the role of the judiciary and the separation of powers.

The High-Level Mission, consisting of Judge Stefan Trechsel (Chair) and Graham Leung, visited Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad between September 7-8 and September 12-15, 2011.  The Mission was a follow up to an earlier ICJ Mission which took place in 2007during the height of the constitutional crisis that was occurring at the time.

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