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Justice Iftikhar rejects Musharraf blames to justify 'Emergency'

ISLAMABAD:Former Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry has rejecting the blames leveled by President General Pervez Musharraf to justify declaration of emergency.

Listen the Speech of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary

The rulers had feared that Supreme Court would give decree in Musharraf eligibility contrary to their wishes so they imposed emergency in the country, Justice Iftikhar said.

Iftikhar Chaudhry was addressing the lawyers first time after imposition of the emergency. He said that thecharges framed by President Musharraf against SupremeCourt are baseless and unfounded.

Declaration of emergency has damaged the constitution, he said, adding that Supreme Court had always worked within constitutional framework.

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General Musharaf Accused President Musharaf

While Mr. Superman ... Mush (with the reference of 'In the Line of Fire') was giving the pathetic reasons to impose yet another Martial Law on Pakistan (against his very own government) in his address, you might have noticed that his hands were shaking, he was using incomplete sentences and was using the slang language.

Originally this article was posted on BBCUrdu (see urdu version here)
The translation of this article in English can be found here

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