Just hearing reports that musharraf is about to declare a state of emergency!!! WHt is goin on???
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yes, just checked on AAJ TV, the emergency state is decided, probably will be announced/declared soon.
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Not looking good. There will be much speculation on the reasons behind the declaration.
**Declaration of emergency likely tomorrow: Reports **
ISLAMABAD: A high-level meeting presided over by President General Pervez Musharraf decided Wednesday to declare emergency in the country for one month that could be extended for three months, the well placed sources told Geo News.
The meeting reviewed current political situation and various options regarding changes in the political set up came under discussion.
Pakistan Muslim League (QA) president Chaudhry Shujaat also reportedly said while talking to women parliamentarians of party during a reception which was hosted by him at his residence that emergency is likely to be declared.
Speaker National Assembly was also called at the reception in which he was consulted that in case of emergency how it could be approved from the National Assembly.
Some reliable sources confirmed that the decision regarding declaration of emergency was taken in the meeting.
However, the government sources have denied the reports about the declaration of emergency in the country.
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Musharaf goes from one stupid step to the next... This is what everyone has been warning against...
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Currently new Attorney General Malik Qayyum is on at Aaj TV saying he doesn't know of any such decision, even such 'discussion' didn't take place during the times he was with President today.
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There is a link to the snub of the jirga and the possibility of the state of emergency.
Things will get uglier.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-US-Afghan-Pakistan.html
** US: Musharraf’s Absence Understood **
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: August 8, 2007
Filed at 4:14 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON (AP) – The State Department said Wednesday that the U.S. understands Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf’s decision to pull out of a planned meeting in Afghanistan with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said that Pakistani officials had discussed Musharraf’s reason for skipping the meeting with U.S. and Afghan officials, but he would not elaborate on Pakistan’s explanation.
‘‘President Musharraf certainly wouldn’t stay back in Islamabad if he didn’t believe he had good and compelling reasons to stay back,’’ McCormack said. ‘‘Certainly we would understand that.’’
U.S. officials had earlier tried to persuade Musharraf to attend at least part of the council with hundreds of Pakistani and Afghan tribal leaders aimed at reining in militant violence now plaguing both countries.
Pakistan’s Foreign Office said in a statement that Musharraf had phoned his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai on Wednesday to say he cannot attend because of ‘‘engagements’’ in Islamabad, and that Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz will take his place.
The Bush administration, which had brokered the meeting, was initially surprised by Musharraf’s snub, particularly after Karzai repeatedly expressed satisfaction about the meeting during a joint appearance with President Bush on Monday.
The U.S. ambassador in Pakistan, Anne Patterson, has been in touch with Pakistani officials inquiring about Musharraf’s cancellation. The idea for the jirga was hatched in September 2006 during a meeting between Bush, Karzai and Musharraf in Washington as a way to stem rising cross-border violence.
The absence of Musharraf, Pakistan’s army chief and most powerful figure, could further undermine the effectiveness of the ‘‘peace jirga’’ due to start in Kabul on Thursday with more than 600 tribal leaders attending. The four days of talks are already being boycotted by delegates from Pakistan’s restive South and North Waziristan regions amid fear of Taliban reprisals.
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what happens under emergency? i know when indira gandhi declared it a while back, a bunch of poor people got umm.. neutered.
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If this is true.. then Mush is no doubt gone nuts
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This is not the time, place or moment to declare emergency. Musharraf may go on to loose his strongest supporters if he declares emergency. Right now there are conflicting reports....let's see what happens.
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Maybe he will install Osama as PM? Who knows how far this deal making has gone!
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^ what do you think? will musharraf's political allies back him on this?
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^ are Mushy's alllies backing him on "state of emergency"?
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I am just surprised to hear this news. I mean after May12, Lal Masjid and series of suicide attacks, situation in Pakistan actually calmed down and during all those events Musharraf denied declaring state of emergency. So why now?
This is what he said on July 18
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070718/wl_nm/pakistan_violence_dc_1
This is one the main reasons he has allies, if he backs out, he will loose everything.
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before start jumping, does anyone knows what emergency means in real term on the ground in PAkistan???
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ok I haven't been following the news lately...so why is he going to declare the state of emergency.... I am sure it is not about flood(s) so exactly what is this all about?
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If they call for a state of emergency, that means curtailing of judicial indipendance, media independance etc... The Provincial assemblies will be dissolved and Parliament will be extended, meaning elections can be delayed..
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why would he want to dissolve assemblies?
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^Not sure, this is according to some ministers...
Now they are saying it all iminent now...
Dont understand why they are doing this now???
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If they call for a state of emergency, that means curtailing of judicial indipendance, media independance etc... The Provincial assemblies will be dissolved and Parliament will be extended, meaning elections can be delayed..
These things can happen but do not necessarily have to happen in an emergency.
As for why, he is insecure about his rule probably for the first time since he took power.
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Emergency Imposed. Musharraf Deposed.
That is what it will be like if he decides to impose emergency. Emergency basically allows a govt. to extend the parliament’s tenure by one year. It allows the govt. to suspend articles of constitution. Details here: