Rawalpindi: Locals listen to the prime minister, Yousuf Raza Gilani, addressing the nation on television as they sit in a hotel. The government had decided to reinstate the country's supreme court chief justice in a bid to end political turmoil Photograph: Farooq Naeem/AFP/Getty ImagesGujranwala: Supporters of former Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif celebrate the reinstatement of supreme court chief justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry Photograph: Asif Hassan/AFP/Getty ImagesIslamabad: Deposed chief justice, Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry, centre, is greeted by lawyers after the government announced his reinstatementPhotograph: Anjum Naveed/AP
Lahore: Lawyers offer sweets to each other as they celebrate Photograph: Arif Ali/AFP/Getty ImagesLahore: Lawyers lift a policeman in celebrationPhotograph: Arif Ali/AFP/Getty ImagesLahore: Lawyers dance in the streetPhotograph: Arif Ali/AFP/Getty ImagesGujranwala: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, left, and Aitzaz Ahsan, right, leader of Pakistani lawyers, are surrounded by supporter Photograph: K.M. Chaudary/APIslamabad: A vendor sells badges of Nawaz Sharif and the reinstated judge Iftikhar Chaudry Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images
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