Chaudhry Iftikhar Hussain Chaudhry Iftikhar Hussain Chaudhry Iftikhar Hussain (1946 – 6 June 2015) was a Pakistani jurist who served as the 36th Chief Justice of Lahore High Court from 2002 to 2007. Hussain was born in 1946 in Jhelum. He received his early education from Lahore and Jhelum. He graduated in law from Punjab University Law College in 1970. He belonged to the influential political family of Jhelum. His brother Chaudhry Altaf Hussain served as Governor of Punjab, Pakistan. His another brother, Chaudhry Shahbaz Hussain is a former federal minister. He started his practice as a lawyer of Lahore High Court in
Asif Ali Zardari tried to force his brother Shahbaz Sharif to resign as Chief Minister of Punjab province. Zardari dismissed the Punjab provincial government and only partially reinstated the judiciary by restoring 56 other judges deposed by Musharraf—but not their former leader, Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry. After Nawaz Sharif defied house arrest and rallied with thousands of his supporters, the Sharif brothers vowed to join forces with the Lawyers' Movement in the "Long March". Zardari's government gave in to popular pressure and Prime Minister Gilani in an early morning speech on 16 March 2009 promised to reinstate Chaudhry by 21 March. Ten judges