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
Suspension of Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry by the President is not only unjust and inappropriate but also unconstitutional and therefore illegal. The president's orders came in the afternoon, and within minutes took the country by storm. Many in the legal fraternity were shocked by the way the country's top adjudicator had been treated. Within hours, public in general and lawyers specifically rallied around him. Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry's reaction was not known as since his "suspension" or being made "non-functional" he had remained incommunicado. After his meeting with President Musharraf, he remained inside the presidential office for a few hours, and was later prevented from going