"Musharraf Coup" in Pakistan: Emergency Rule


	"Musharraf Coup" in Pakistan: Emergency Rule

invictus

11-3-2007 1:30 PM

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pakistan, pervez musharraf, military coup, asia

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Breaking news... More to come.

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11-3-2007 7:00 PM

bignosemousie

What on earth?

11-4-2007 10:35 AM

enbar

This shouldn't exactly come as a surprise to anyone who's been paying attention ...

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				<DIV class="cap">Police and troops have sealed off the city's political and judicial core</DIV>
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			</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><B>Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf has declared emergency rule and suspended the country's constitution.</B>
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</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7076670.stm"><FONT size="2">Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, who condemned the moves, has been replaced and is being confined to the Supreme Court with 10 other judges.
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