Sunday, November 04, 2007

Army may not fall in behind Musharraf

The Australian

RUMBLINGS of discontent in the Pakistan army were reported last night after President Pervez Musharraf adopted emergency powers to forestall a Supreme Court judgment that would have declared his rule unlawful.

Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, whose attempted sacking seven months ago provoked the series of crises leading to yesterday's emergency declaration, was marched out of the white marble Supreme Court building in Islamabad and placed under house arrest......

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