Re: Musharraf’s treason trial
You should know that constitution also follows how it was understood and implemented in past.
Constitution talks about imposing emergency in the country (first emergency imposed on Pakistan was by Z A Bhutto, just after constitution got approved) in 1973, suspending basic human rights of all citizens all over country.
Secondly, if you would read the constitution, it does not talk about imposing emergency in province. It only says that if law and order situation occurs or foreign threat happens (focus of all foreign threat is country and not province … though a particular province can experience that threat), such that province could not tackle, than emergency can be imposed.
Read post # 52.
Legal by precedent is not legal & just b/c previous dictators got away with coups and suspending the constitution does not mean Mushy should get away, too.