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 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's chief justice resumed his official duties Saturday, a day after this Islamic nation's powerful military ruler Gen. Pervez Musharraf lost a bid to fire him, the biggest setback to the general's eight-year rule.
The reinstatement of Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry on Friday has clouded the political future of a key U.S. ally in the war on terrorism just as the country faces growing violence by Islamic militants.
In a landmark ruling, Supreme Court judges voted unanimously to restore Chaudhry and 10-3 to quash charges of misconduct that Musharraf had sent to a separate judicial tribunal.
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