The decision, which Musharraf claimed was intended to stabilize the country and stem the tide of Islamist extremism, facilitated the removal of dozens of senior judges from the Supreme Court and the provincial high courts – including Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Pakistan’s highest-ranking judge.
穆沙拉夫声称如此决定是为了稳定国家、阻止伊斯兰教极端势力，而该决定加速了数十位最高法院和省级高等法院法官——包括巴基斯坦排名最高的首席大法官乔杜里（Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry）——的下台。