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Iftikhar Chaudhry, the twice-deposed Pakistani chief justice, has re-entered the public sphere after spending more than three months under house arrest by order of Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s president.

Freed on order of Pakistan’s newly elected prime minister, Musharraf can expect parliament to move to reinstate Chaudhry and other judges the president sacked last year.

Despite being confined to his house since last November, Chaudhry has continued to draw popular support, setting off the biggest challenge to Musharraf’s rule since he took power in a coup.

Musharraf in fact appointed Chaudhry chief justice of the supreme court in , but by March 9, , had suspended him from his duties.

Rising tensions

Friction started to grow between the judiciary and the government in after the supreme court rejected a government move to sell a stake in state-own