Islamabad, Apr. 4 : Pakistan's Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has taken suo motu notice of the flogging of a girl in the Swat Valley.

Chaudhry has asked the federal interior secretary, the NWFP chief secretary and the NWFP inspector general of police to appear before the court on Monday.

Islamabad, Mar. 22 : Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry took over the charge as Pakistan’s Chief Justice (CJP) on Sunday here.

According to The News, a statement released by the Supreme Court has confirmed that Chaudhry has officially taken the charge.

Chaudhry, right after taking the charge approved setting-up of a five-member bench in Principle Seat in Islamabad, and also a Shariat Appellate Bench.

According to sources, the Supreme Court will mostly hear petitions related to criminal and civil cases.

Karachi, Jan. 18 : Once the sacked judiciary is restored in Pakistan then a legal proceeding will be initiated against the Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani for failing to take action against those who had sacked the judges illegally, the ousted chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said.

Chaudhry said sacking of the judges was very unfortunate and was initiated in an illegal way.

Sialkot, Nov. 9 : Pakistan''s deposed Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Sunday said that the country would do well to learn from India about the rule of law and good governance.

"It is the rule of law and the supremacy of the Constitution that has put India on the track of good governance, and made the country make progress by leaps and bounds," The News quoted Chaudhry, as saying during an address to the Sialkot Bar Association.