Re: The timing!
A government official, when asked about the reasons behind the move, said that Justice Iftikhar reportedly informed one of his friends on telephone that the Supreme Court was going to hand down verdict against President Musharraf, which was tapped by the secret agencies. The agencies intercepted a call from CJ’s phone few days ago in which he even disclosed the number of judges favouring and opposing this decision, and this forced the top policymakers to devise the emergency plan, the official said..
This is not related to the whole emergency situation, but why was a chief justice of Pakistan discussing a legal case with his friend on a phone call? that seems very wrong.
and more importantly who was that 'friend' that was getting this behind the scenes info.
Obviously suich a verdict would have had an impact on financial markets, and people who would know if this verdict would have minted rupees.