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The article focuses on the impact the decision from Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf to impose emergency rule, detain opponents, replace judges and place increased restrictions on Pakistan's media will have on the country's military. A discussion of the reasons for the crackdown, and of the impact the decision will have on the country's population, is presented.

The article presents information on Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada, lawyer for Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf. The President took Pirzada's help when his re-election became difficult due to the threat from the country's supreme court. Pirzada gave the final touches to the emergency decree that the President imposed on the country. Pirzada said that he does not feel sorry for disrupting the course of democracy as he thinks he is just a lawyer offering his service to anyone who wants to use them.

The article deals with the imposition of emergency and promulgation of Provisional Constitution Order by Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. According to him, such actions have succeeded in minimizing violence and the country's vulnerability to attacks. He reiterated that the elections in the country on January 8, 2008 would be free and fair.

The article reports that the state of emergency in Pakistan may be lifted on December 16, 2007. Soon after assuming office for the second term on November 29, 2007, President Pervez Musharraf made an announcement to the effect. The previous day he had ended eight years of military rule. He announced that general elections would be held on January 8, 2008.

The article reports that Pakistan's middle class has also begun to oppose the regime of President Pervez Musharraf. The class has benefited most with economic reform brought by Musharraf. But the state of emergency imposed by the president has not gone down their throat. The see the emergency as an illegal act. They think that whatever Musharraf is doing is to promote himself.

The article reports that lawyers and jurists opposing Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf are being treated with iron hand under the emergency rule in Pakistan. The government announced that dismissed chief justice of the Supreme Court, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, who was under house arrest, was free to move. But when jurist Wajihuddin Ahmed and other lawyers went to meet him, they were turned away. Lawyer Athar Minallah was arrested by the police without showing any order for arrest.

The author reflects on the decision of General Pervez Musharraf to declare emergency rule in Pakistan, shut down the media and sent supreme court justices home. She asserts that the limited media coverage about Musharraf was due to his loyal friendship to the U.S. since September 11, 2001. She mentions evidence showing that former prime minister Benazir Bhutto is on the side of the terrorists. She cites the reason for the refusal of the Supreme Court to acknowledge Musharraf's reelection.

The article reports on the uncertainty over the ending of the state of emergency imposed by Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf. The U.S. had sent its Deputy Secretary of State John D. Negroponte to talk to Musharraf to end the emergency. But in a two-hour meeting on November 18, 2007 in Islamabad, Pakistan, Musharraf declined to give any date. The state of emergency is seen as an embarrassment for President George W. Bush who has given Pakistan more than $10 million since 2001.

The article discusses the implications of the trust posed by U.S. President George W. Bush in Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf. Critics say that Bush had too much belief in personal ties. This kept him from looking at faults in Musharraf. Bush once called him a friend. But in the wake of the state of emergency imposed by Musharraf in Pakistan, Bush is now backing away from him. Critics say that Bush misread Musharraf.

The article reports on the announcement of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf of a timetable to hold national elections by January 9, 2007. It notes that the decision of Musharraf to have an early election is an attempt to blunt opposition to his imposition of emergency rule. Political opponents challenged the efforts of Musharraf to justify his imposition of emergency rule.

The article reports that U.S. President George W. Bush has urged Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, to give up his army post as soon as possible and hold elections in the country. Bush has given no indication that Musharraf's act of not ending the emergency rule in Pakistan will have any change in U.S.'s policy towards Pakistan. Bush praised Musharraf for being a strong fighter against extremists and radicals.