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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 03:24 PM
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114. SC justices under attest----other news:



http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/8D370CD6-A376-4EB6-A829-DFC8E037CB16.htm

....In a taped address to the nation, Musharraf said the decision to impose emergency was taken in the interest of Pakistan.

He cited growing extremism, increasing lawlessness and an 'interfering judiciary' as some of the reasons behind his extraordinary step.

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Pakistan: Timeline
Musharraf, who is also chief of the army staff, issued a provisional constitutional order declaring emergency.

Justice Chaudhry and eight other judges of the supreme court refused to endorse the provisional constitutional order issued by the president, but Musharraf's government rejected the ruling.

Chaudhry, on being replaced, has been placed under house arrest.
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