President Musharaff and PM Shaukat Aziz has reported that election will be held as per the schedule.Situation in the state is not congenial as the Leaders of Political Parties are drifting away from General.It is widely held view that elections would not be conducted in January as originally scheduled as Benazir,Navez,Chief Justic Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, other Leaders along with Press and media urges proclamation of emergency illegal.
With the Pormulugation of the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) deposed Supreme court judges were ousted and were detained at their houses. General Pervez Musaraff have arrested thousands of prominent lawyers and politicians after declaration of state of emergency .
A seven-member bench of the Supreme Court declared the Army Chief’s step unconstitutional and refused to take oath under the PCO..
Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and other judges including Justice Bhagwandas, Justice Javed Iqbal, Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday, Justice Sardar Raza Khan, Justice Falak Sher, Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan, Justice Tasaddique Hussain Jillani, Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk, Justice Raja Fayyaz Ahmed, Justice Chaudhry Ejaz Ahmed, Justice Syed Jamshed Ali, Justice Hamid Ali Mirza and Justice Ghulam Rabbani have been detained at their homes.
Chief Justice of Sindh High Court Mr. Justice Sabeehuddin, Justice Sarmad Jalal Usmani, Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali, Justice Mushir Alam and Justice Sajjad Ali Shah and others have also been put under house arrest.
Lahore High Court Judges that refused to take oath under the PCO are Justice Khwaja Muhammad Sharif, Justice Mian Najm-uz-Zaman, Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, Justice Moulvi Anwar-ul-Haq, Justice Sair Ali, Justice Mian Hamid Farooq, Justice Ejaz Ahmed Chaudhry, Justice M.A. Shahid Siddiqui, Justice Javed Sarfaraz, Justice Jahangir Arshad, Justice Shaikh Azmat Saeed, Justice Muhammad Ata Bandial and Justice Iqbal Hameed-ur-Rahman.
Police have also arrested President Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan, former president of SCBA Munir Malik, Ali Ahmed Kurd, Justice (Rtd) Tariq Mehmood, Sahibzada Anwar Hameed, President Lahore High Court Bar Ahsan Bhon, President Sindh High Court Bar Abrar Hassan, President Lahore Bar Association Syed Muhammad Shah, President Karachi Bar Iftikhar Javed Qazi, President Balochistan High Court Bar Hadi Shakil Advocate and other prominent lawyers.
Police on Monday raided a printing press belonging to Pakistan's biggest-selling Jang newspaper group amid tough curbs on the media imposed under the state of emergency, officials said.
US President George W. Bush on Monday strongly urged Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf to end a state of emergency imposed in the country and "restore democracy as quickly as possible." "We expect there to be elections as soon as possible, and for the president to remove his military uniform,"
Former ISI chief Gen. (Rtd) Hameed Gul, and dozens prominent politicians including Javed Hashmi and Khwaja Asif of Muslim League (N), Asfandyar Wali, Mehmood Khan Achakzai, Balochistan National Party leader Akhtar Hussain Lango and Jamat Islami’s Munawwar Hassan have also been detained.
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