Just When We We're All Set to Bomb Iran, Musharraf Gets Testy in Pakistan
Musharraf Declares Emergency Rule in Pakistan Provisional Constitution Instituted, Leader Expected to Address Nation Saturday
By Griff Witte and Imtiaz Ali Washington Post Foreign Service Saturday, November 3, 2007; 11:41 AM
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 3 -- Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf declared emergency rule Saturday, suspending the constitution amid a heavy security presence, including armored personnel carriers, in parts of the capital.
"The chief of army staff has proclaimed a state of emergency and issued a provisional constitutional order," a newscaster on state television said in announcing the decrees, which referred to Musharraf as head of the army and did not mention his dual role as president.
. . . Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry and the other judges remained in the courthouse Saturday evening as police blocked the road to the building. Chaudhry had been removed from the court by Muharraf earlier this year, but the court reinstated him in August.
"This is a …