 On 15 March 2007 a petition was filed in the Supreme Court urging the Pakistan Government to declare his whereabouts.He returned home on 23 March.He was aware of events transpiring in Pakistan and on his return from India, he assumed the office of the acting CJP from 24 March to 20 July 2007 till the SCP full court restored justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.