Suspension of Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry Suspension of Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry was made a "non-functional Chief Justice" on 9 March 2007. In so acting, President Pervez Musharraf invoked two main clauses of the Constitution of Pakistan. The suspension evoked a nationwide popular mass protest movement led by lawyers, known as the Lawyers' Movement and eventually culminated with the Pakistan Long March. President of Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf on 9 March 2007 virtually suspended the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, and appointed the next most senior judge available, Justice Javaid Iqbal, as the acting Chief Justice of
Arsalan Iftikhar Arsalan Iftikhar Arsalan Iftikhar (born September 1, 1977) is an American human rights lawyer, global media commentator and author of the book SCAPEGOATS: "How Islamophobia Helps Our Enemies & Threatens Our Freedoms" which President Jimmy Carter called “an important book that shows Islamophobia must be addressed urgently.” Arsalan is founder of TheMuslimGuy.com and serves as senior editor for "The Islamic Monthly" magazine. He is also a faculty member at Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service where he writes about Islamophobia as a Senior Fellow for The Bridge Initiative. Iftikhar is also a national advisory board member for