Posted by: zanshin, 2007-11-27 11:23

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Date: 2007-11-03 (Saturday)
In Pakistan, President Pervez Musharraf imposed emergency rule on the country.

Musharraf decreed a state of emergency (tantamount to martial law), dismissed the Supreme Court, suspended the constitution, arrested some 1,500 politicians, lawyers and human rights activists, closed down all 50 TV channels except the one controlled by the government, imposed self-censorship on the print media, and appointed new Supreme Court judges willing to follow orders.






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