Protestors flee a cloud of tear gas near the home of the deposed Chief Justice, Iftikar Chaudry, on March 9, 2008 in Islamabad Pakistan. Police used tear gas to disperse protestors attempting to reach the home of the Chief Justice who has been under house arrest since President Musharraf imposed emergency rule in November 2007. Lawyers, political opposition and activists observed "Black Flag Week", marking the year-long struggle for the independence of Pakistan's judiciary after President Musharraf sacked the Chief Justice in 2007.
Pakistani demonstrators try to remove the barbed wire placed at the entrance of the residence of country's deposed chief justice Iftikhar Mahmood Chaudhry during a protest in Islamabad, Pakistan on Sunday, March 9, 2008. Police fired tear gas at protesters outside the residence of Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry, the chief justice whom Musharraf suspended exactly one year earlier and accused of conspiring against him.
Pakistani lawyers try to escape from tear gas fired by police officers outside the residence of country's deposed chief justice Iftikhar Mahmood Chaudhry during a protest in Islamabad, Pakistan on Sunday, March 9, 2008. Police fired tear gas at protesters outside the residence of Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry, the chief justice whom Musharraf suspended exactly one year earlier and accused of conspiring against him.
A lawyer holding a black flag walks amongst tear gas, fired by police, during a protest against Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf, near the residence of deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, in Islamabad March 9, 2008.
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