Okay this is my wonderful weekend. I am badly sick. I can't remember one time in my life that I flew to a different climate, came back here, and didn't get very ill. And yet, I always forget about it and am surprised the next time it happens. Anyway, I am stuck in, the weather is terrible, and my bf has hockey tickets for tonight which I magnanimously insisted he use with a friend...like I wanted to go anyway.
So I have been sleeping and I wake up to find out that Pakistan has been kind enough to preview our own future for us! It's really quite darling of them, don't you think? I know some complain about the previews at movies, but I love them...sometimes they are even the best part of the whole film.
Musharraf declares state of emergency
President suspends constitution, replaces chief justice, blocks TV
BREAKING NEWS
MSNBC News Services
updated 3:15 p.m. ET, Sat., Nov. 3, 2007
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Gen. Pervez Musharraf declared a state of emergency in Pakistan on Saturday, suspending the constitution, replacing the chief justice before a crucial Supreme Court ruling on his future as president, and cutting communications in the capital.
His leadership threatened by an increasingly defiant court and an Islamic movement that has spread to Islamabad, Musharraf’s emergency order accused some judges of “working at cross purposes with the executive” and “weakening the government’s resolve” to fight terrorism.
Seven of the 17 Supreme Court judges immediately rejected the emergency, which suspended the current constitution. Police blocked entry to the Supreme Court building and later took the deposed chief justice and other judges away in a convoy, witnesses said.
In an address to the nation late Saturday on state-run television, Musharraf said Pakistan was at a “dangerous” juncture, its government threatened by Islamic extremists. He said he hoped democracy would be restored following parliamentary elections.
“But, in my eyes, I say with sorrow that some elements are creating hurdles in the way of democracy,” said Musharraf, who was wearing civilian clothes and spoke firmly and calmly. “I think this chaos is being created for personnel interests and to harm Pakistan.”
Please check back for more on this developing story.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21609019/
So I have been sleeping and I wake up to find out that Pakistan has been kind enough to preview our own future for us! It's really quite darling of them, don't you think? I know some complain about the previews at movies, but I love them...sometimes they are even the best part of the whole film.
Musharraf declares state of emergency
President suspends constitution, replaces chief justice, blocks TV
BREAKING NEWS
MSNBC News Services
updated 3:15 p.m. ET, Sat., Nov. 3, 2007
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Gen. Pervez Musharraf declared a state of emergency in Pakistan on Saturday, suspending the constitution, replacing the chief justice before a crucial Supreme Court ruling on his future as president, and cutting communications in the capital.
His leadership threatened by an increasingly defiant court and an Islamic movement that has spread to Islamabad, Musharraf’s emergency order accused some judges of “working at cross purposes with the executive” and “weakening the government’s resolve” to fight terrorism.
Seven of the 17 Supreme Court judges immediately rejected the emergency, which suspended the current constitution. Police blocked entry to the Supreme Court building and later took the deposed chief justice and other judges away in a convoy, witnesses said.
In an address to the nation late Saturday on state-run television, Musharraf said Pakistan was at a “dangerous” juncture, its government threatened by Islamic extremists. He said he hoped democracy would be restored following parliamentary elections.
“But, in my eyes, I say with sorrow that some elements are creating hurdles in the way of democracy,” said Musharraf, who was wearing civilian clothes and spoke firmly and calmly. “I think this chaos is being created for personnel interests and to harm Pakistan.”
Please check back for more on this developing story.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21609019/
