Emergency imposed in Pakistan
Days of rumors and speculation have finally ended and emergency has been imposed in Pakistan. Declaration of emergency was rumored in August as well and I have discussed about its constitutional implications at that time.
New PCO has been announced to take effect immediately. Under the PCO, Chief Justice of Supreme Court Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry has been deposed from his office.
On this occasion, an important meeting of the Supreme Court Bar Association has been held in which it has been decided to strictly resist the imposition of martial law or emergency by the government. It has also been decided in the meeting that any extra-judicial and extra-constitutional action will be strongly defied.
Transmission of private television channels have been terminated in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi. Web sites of The News, Jang and BBC are responding very slowly as people are turning to the internet for updates.
Earlier, a contingent of 1,500 troops of the Punjab constabulary was called into Islamabad.
The News reports that ban on media and the judiciary has been imposed in the country. This restriction will come into effect from 6:30 pm this evening.
President General Pervez Musharraf is likely to address to the nation tonight in this regard.
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So I guess this is it. The beginning of the end.
November 4th, 2007 23:29 GMT
Why don’t our politicians learn from history? Ayub Khan, Bhutto, Benazir, Nawaz Sharif and now Musharaf made the same mistakes. Why don’t they read newspapers and find out how unpopular they are? If only Musharraf had resigned when the Chief Justice was restored, he would have been regarded as a hero. Now it’s too late.