STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARATION
AlJazeera English, 3 November 2007
VIDEO: MUSHARRAF DEFENDS EMERGENCY RULE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ya86zLFxHrs
FOR TEXT OF EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION (pdf)
http://dawn.com/2007/11/03/images/proclamation.pdf
TEXT OF ORDINANCE NO. LXV OF 2007 AMENDING PEMRA
ORDINANCE (official text on Media restrictions)
http://tinyurl.com/34ca39
+ WHAT THE STATE RUN TV WEBSITE SAID
(From Pakistan Television Website : on 3 November 2007)
The provisional constitution order issued after
the proclamation of the emergency order states:
notwithstanding the abeyance of the provisions of
the constitution.
Pakistan shall subject to this order and any
other order made by the President be governed, as
nearly as may be, in accordance with the
constitution; provided that the president may,
from time to time, by order amend the
constitution as is deemed expedient; provided
further that the fundamental rights under article
9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 19 and 25 shall remain
suspended. Notwithstanding anything contained in
the proclamation of the today’s’ order or any
other law for the time being in force, all
provisions of the constitution embodying Islamic
injunctions shall continue to be in force.
Subject to clause (1) above and the oath of
office (judges) order 2007, all courts in
existence immediately before the commencement of
this order shall continue to function and to
exercise their respective powers and
jurisdiction; provided that the supreme court or
a high court and any other court shall not have
the power to make any order against the president
or the prime minister or any person exercising
powers or jurisdiction under their authority. all
persons who immediately before the commencement
of this order were in office as judges of the
supreme court, the federal Shariat Court or a
high court shall be governed by and be subject to
the oath of office and such further orders as the
president may pass. Subject to clause (1) above,
the parliament and the provincial assemblies
shall continue to function. All persons who
immediately before the commencement of this order
were holding any service, post or office in
connection with the affairs of the federation or
of a province shall continue in the said service
on the same terms and conditions and shall enjoy
the same privileges. No court including the
Supreme Court, federal Shariat court and the high
courts and any tribunal or other authority shall
call or permit to be called in question this
order or any order made in pursuance thereof.
No judgment, decree, writ, order or process
whatsoever shall me made or issued by any court
or tribunal against the president or the prime
minister or any authority designated by the
president. Notwithstanding the abeyance of the
provisions of the constitution but subject to the
orders of the president, all laws other than the
constitution, all ordinances, orders, rules, by
laws, regulations, notifications or other legal
instruments in force in any part of Pakistan,
whether made by the president or by the governor
of a province shall continue in force until
altered, amended or repealed by the president or
any authority designated by him. An ordinance
promulgated by the president or by the governor
of a province shall not be subject to any
limitations as to duration prescribed in the
constitution. The provisions of clause (1) shall
also apply to an ordinance issued by the
president or by a governor which was in force
immediately before the commencement of the
proclamation of the emergency order.