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SC declares emergency, PCO valid
ISLAMABAD: Seven-member larger Bench of the Supreme Court has declared the enforcement of emergency in the country and the issuance of Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) correct and Judges not taking oath under PCO deposed.
SC larger Bench headed by the PCO Chief Justice, Abdul Hameed Dogar announced this verdict today.
Tikka Mohammad Iqbal and Watan Party’s Barrister Zafrullah had challenged the November 3 enforcement of emergency in the country and the issuance of PCO.
The Court in its verdict said that the emanating situation in the country prior to November 3 was such that the emergency could have been enforced. The Court said that those superior courts judges not taking oath under PCO ceased to hold their posts and the cases taken up for hearing by these Judges were also not maintainable.
SC in this verdict declared justified November 3 enforcement of emergency and all the steps taken by the President General Pervez Musharraf on this occasion.
Courtesy TheNews