While the government has apparently agreed to make Justice Chaudhry the chief justice, it is still not known if this will mean a reversal of Gen Musharraf's order to sack him.

BBC: Clouded details of Pakistan deal

Stevens once described himself as a "mean, miserable SOB" and is known to don an "Incredible Hulk" tie when he is bruising for a fight.

FORBES

The fact that he's been talking about the need to do this from the beginning, in 2009, and now other politicians are talking about it and making their opinions known about it -- I mean, I think you have to look at cause and effect here.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

Ms. CONTEH: Well, basically, this is one of the ways, just getting it publicly known, what we're trying to do, and also just raising awareness and have, I mean, I know there are good kind of people out there that want, you know, other people to get better living conditions.

NPR: A Daughter Fights to Save Her Father's Legacy

And not only Catholic people, I mean not only the people who belong to the church, but he's also very known nationwide.

CNN: March 13, 2013 -- Updated 2307 GMT (0707 HKT)