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Sunday Wrap-up

ELECTIONS ON AS SCHEDULED—AS LEAST FOR TODAY
Earlier today, Pervez Musharraf announced that he expects to hold elections in early January and the National Assembly will be dissolved this week, as planned.
Yesterday, Musharraf stated that elections would occur prior to February 15. Last Sunday, Shaukat Aziz warned that elections could be delayed for up to [...]

Musharraf Declares State of Emergency

Musharraf suspends constitution, declares emergency rule, and imposes Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO)

Transmission of news channels shut down in Pakistan
Supreme Court Chief Justice sacked, arrested and replaced with Musharraf loyalist
Over 1500 civilians arrested
Senior figures jailed or house arrested:

Lawyers’ movement: Aitzaz Ahsan, Munir Malik, Ali Ahmad Kurd, Tariq Mehmood, Ikram Chaudhry, Syed Muhammad Shah, and Ahsan [...]