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Frontpage headlines reported that the President, who suddenly cancelled a diplomatic visit to Afghanistan, was preparing to demand emergency powers that would delay parliamentary elections, place restrictions on the press and curtail the rights of the Supreme Court, the mainstay of opposition to his rule.
Pakistan's constitution allows the president to declare a state of emergency if the country is “threatened by war or external aggression, or by internal disturbance" that is beyond the control of local authorities.
General Musharraf was reported to be about to announce the move after weeks of terrorist attacks in retaliation for the bloody end to the siege of the Red Mosque in Islamabad in July, when government troops stormed a religious school and mosque where Islamist fighters and zealots were holding out. Declaring emergency law was also interpreted as an authoritarian step to control popular opposition to his Government.
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