BBC
The proclamation of emergency in Pakistan has made one big difference. All the nearly 30 TV news channels have gone off the air. And with them has gone all the cacophony about the political, judicial and military crisis in the country.
Pakistan's military ruler, Gen Pervez Musharraf, suspended the constitution and proclaimed emergency rule in a televised address on Saturday evening.
Soon afterwards, TV cable operators said they were asked by the government to stop beaming all local and foreign news channels, except the official Pakistan Television Corp (PTV).
This blackout forced many people to step out of their homes on Sunday morning to get hold of a morning newspaper.
For one woman, this was a welcome change.
"Its strangely quiet and peaceful today, although I thought emergency was a bad thing," she said.
But there is no mistaking the sense of uncertainty that has gripped the nation. Front pages of all the national newspapers are splashed with the news of emergency rule, and there are side stories and analysis pieces.
Papers also feature the new media law, which prohibits coverage of militants' activities, their statements, and any comment that may contain sectarian, ethnic or racial undertones.....
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