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Tue 06 Jun 2007Musharraf suffers court reversal over chief justice rowPAKISTAN:Pakistan's suspended chief justice won the first round in a lengthy legal battle with the government yesterday when the supreme court decided to consider his challenge against accusations of misconduct.President Pervez Musharraf's suspension of chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry on March 9th sparked protests by lawyers and the opposition which have turned into a broad campaign for the restoration of democracy.