But it is a declaration — a long-winded, cumbersome proclamation of his rightful place.
After more than a year of unrelenting demonstrations following Chaudhry's dismissal culminating in the declaration of a "Long March" arranged by the country's lawyer community but joined by political leaders led by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, who also had been deposed by Musharraf in March 2009 the court ordered that the chief justice be reinstated.
It was part consumer advisory, part boast: a declaration that a long-running band like Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, who released their debut album in 1976, are more than their hits.
This fiery declaration comes after a long series of unprovoked, murderous attacks by Pakistani Taliban against Christians, Shias, Sufis, Hazaras – the typically diverse enemies of the totalitarian Islam they want to impose.
George W. Bush in 2000 pledged a modest foreign policy, but after the 9/11 attacks he ordered the invasion of Afghanistan, raised the notion of pre-emption to a doctrine and ultimately used that declaration to justify a long, unpopular war in Iraq.
The hijackers wanted a long declaration of Croatian independence to appear in The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times and The International Herald Tribune in Paris.
The Declaration was finalized after a long week of consultations between the delegations, study, and training focusing on local activities that climate ambassadors can take back to their home countries.
But an attempted interview soon descends into a caper chase of drug deals, shootouts and stolen tapes, interspersed with flashbacks to Davis's once-inspirational relationship with Frances Taylor (Emayatzy Corinealdi), amid rasping declarations that "it takes a long time to play like yourself".
From the start, there have been concerns expressed that the IHP + will turn out to be more rhetoric than real: the latest in a long line of failed declarations and initiatives to reduce some of the damaging effects of uncoordinated and misdirected aid.
In the first half, Catrin and Scott drunkenly stumble towards a declaration of long-held feelings that changes everything.
"Like every woman who's been through the fire as well/ We all got a story half afraid to tell," she declaims in "Grapes on a Vine," a rock-soul declaration of long-haul loyalty with a sympathetic cameo rap from Lil Wayne.
