Pakistan is in turmoil. A lawyers' protest against the unconstitutional dismissal of the chief justice of the Supreme Court in March has become a nationwide movement. The country's military ruler, General Pervez Musharraf, must be afraid.
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But the latest protest movement is no ordinary swelling of public anger over the low quality of life. It is about something more lofty - the sanctity of the Constitution, which has been flagrantly abused by Musharraf's government.

It is a movement led by lawyers who are the kernel of Pakistan's middle class, professionals who form the intelligentsia throughout the country. Having watched the judiciary be manipulated for years by Musharraf, they have decided it's time to speak up.