Folks - things have not simmered down. The Black Coat Revolution in Pakistan is gaining Strength. Mushrraf continued to lie about the constitutional crisis he created and the media exposed him just by showing reality on the ground. The interesting part of all this is how much akin to President Bush Musharraf has become in completely avoiding reality and spinning the situation as if no one knows what is really going on.
Meanwhile, the next most senior judge Justice Bhagawandas is back in Islamabad (after a myseterious vacation) and will be taking over as Acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
No Bar Association in the US has stepped up to show its support for a free and fair hearing for the embattled Chief Justice of Pakistan.
some details from Daily Dawn follow
Pakistani lawyers hold new anti-Musharraf rallies ISLAMABAD, March 21 (Agencies) Thousands of lawyers and political party workers called on President Pervez Musharraf to quit Wednesday as fresh protests erupted over his removal of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, witnesses and officials said. In Islamabad around 600 people including lawyers, party workers, women and students rallied outside the Supreme Court building after breaking their way through police cordons. They were later joined by some 300 party workers who raised anti-Musharraf slogans. The former head of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency, Hamid Gul joined the protest in his military jacket. "I wore this jacket today because we are fighting the war of Pakistan's survival," Gul said. Tehreek-i-Insaaf chief Imran Khan said that the demonstrators showed "immense courage" by breaking the police lines. "Our struggle will continue until the dictatorship ends," Qazi Hussain Ahmed, leader of the Muthaida Majlise Amal, told the crowd. Asfandyar Wali Khan, the leader of the Awami National Party, told the rally after meeting Chaudhry that "he told us that if the government has courage, they should try me in an open court". Around 3,000 lawyers in the eastern city of Lahore removed barricades erected by police to block a main road. They later staged a sit-in outside the provincial assembly building to press their demand for Chaudhry's reinstatement. Police fired tear gas shells and baton-charged a group of around 100 lawyers in the southwestern city of Quetta who wanted to stage a protest in front of the provincial governor's residence, lawyers and witnesses said. Some burnt their black jackets in protest. (First Posted @ 13:05 PST Updated @ 16:50 PST)