Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf administers the oath of office to Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar (R) as Chief Justice of Pakistan under the Provisional Constitution Order (PCO) following the imposition of emergency rule at President's House in Islamabad November 3, 2007. Musharraf addressed the nation on Saturday hours after imposing emergency rule, saying terrorism and extremism had reached their limit and his country's sovereignty was at stake. REUTERS/Press Information Department/Handou
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf addressed the nation on Saturday hours after imposing emergency rule, saying terrorism and extremism had reached their limit and his country’s sovereignty was at stake.
Musharraf, whose emergency rule proclamation cited rising militancy and a hostile judiciary, said Pakistan’s system of government had become paralysed by judicial interference.
“Pakistan has reached a dangerous point, and is undergoing an internal crisis,” he said in a televised address. “Whatever is happening is because of internal disturbances.”
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