New CJ sworn in

Shortly after clamping Emergency, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday night appointed Abdul Hameed Dogar as the country8217;s new Chief Justice to succeed sacked Iftikhar Mohd Chaudhary, an icon of anti-Musharraf movement.

Dogar, one of the judges of the Supreme Court who had heared a petition challenging the re-election of Musharraf as President in uniform, was sworn in by Musharraf at a ceremony held at the Aiwan-e-Sadr.

He is among four judges who took oath under the Provisional Constitutional Order which came into force following imposition of Emergency. The other three judges of the apex court are Justice Nawaz Abbasi, Justice Faqir Muhammad Khokhar and Justice M Javed Buttar.