Politics is never dull in Pakistan. This week, it was inspirational too.
On Monday, I watched people flock to the home of Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry. A tense standoff between the government and a coalition of opposition groups over Chaudhry's reinstatement as chief justice of Pakistan's Supreme Court had finally been resolved. After two years of government-enforced "retirement," Chaudhry would return to the bench.
A cross- section of Pakistan's diverse society gathered by the thousands on the lush, manicured lawn of the chief justice's official residence to celebrate -- young and old, men and women, religious and secular, rich and poor. Lawyers in their black suits, the signature uniform of Pakistan's democratic revolutionaries, danced the bhangra as drums sounded and chants about freedom and justice filled the air.
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