Update on Pakistan: After the "Emergency"
Against The Current vol. 132

http://www.solidarity-us.org//node/1322
Date Written:  2008-01-01
Publisher:  Against The Current
Year Published:  2008
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX13355

General Pervez Musharraf has “taken off the uniform” and lifted the emergency as of December 15th. But Labour Party Pakistan rejects the Musharraf’s claim that the emergency is lifted. It is “lifted” with the Constitution amended, and with all the repressive measures protected by a decree.

Subject Headings

• Boycotts
• Constitutional Reform
• Coups
• Democratic Movements
• Demonstrations, Marches, Protests
• Dictatorship
• Elections
• Electoral Reform
• Independent Agencies/Government
• Judicial System
• Military/Violence Against Civilians
• Pakistan
• State-sponsored Violence