Britain is "gravely concerned" at Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's declaration of a state of emergency and urged him to act within the constitution, Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Saturday.
Britain recognised the threats to peace and security in Pakistan, but its future lay in "harnessing the power of democracy and the rule of law to achieve the goals of stability, development and countering terrorism"," he said.
"I am gravely concerned by the measures adopted today, which will take Pakistan further from these goals," he said in a statement issued by his office ...
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