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The Lawyers' Movement, also known as the Movement for the Restoration of Judiciary or the Black Coat Protests, was the popular mass protest movement initiated by the lawyers of Pakistan in response to the former president and army chief Pervez Musharraf's actions of 9 March 2007 when he unconstitutionally suspended Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry as the chief justice of Pakistan's Supreme Court.
[217] [218] Zardari's government gave in to popular pressure [217] and Prime Minister Gilani in an early morning speech on 16 March 2009 promised to reinstate Chaudhry by 21 March. [219] [220] Ten judges were reinstated on 16 March, and Chaudry assumed his position on 22 March. [221] [222] Zardari's month-long direct control of the Punjab ended ...
H.R.5050 – Women's Business Ownership Act of 1988: The Women's Business Ownership Act was passed in 1988 with the help of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO). The Act was created to address the needs of women in business by giving women entrepreneurs better recognition, additional resources, and by eliminating ...
Pakistan's former President Asif Ali Zardari won a second term on Saturday, supported by the ruling coalition in a vote by parliament and regional assemblies, the election presiding officer said.
Feminist movement. African-American women's suffrage movement; Art movement; In hip hop; Feminist stripper; Formal equality; Gender equality; Gender quota; Girl power; Honor killing; Ideal womanhood; Invisible labor; Internalized sexism; International Girl's Day and Women's Day; Language reform; Feminist capitalism; Gender-blind; Likeability ...
1869– Arabella Mansfield is granted admission to practice law in Iowa, making her the first woman lawyer. Ada H. Kepley becomes the first woman in the United States to graduate from law school.
1897 – Ethel Benjamin became the first female lawyer in New Zealand and the first to appear as counsel for any case in the British Empire. [10] [11] 1899 – The (American) National Association of Women Lawyers, originally called the Women Lawyers' Club, was founded by a group of 18 women lawyers in New York City. [4]
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan's Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who was hanged 44 year ago after being convicted of murder, didn't get a fair trial.