Musharraf plans legal escape from emergency rule

Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf will end the country’s emergency rule on Saturday only after changing the constitution to ensure he cannot be prosecuted for breaking it, a key aide admitted today.

Musharraf plans legal escape from emergency rule

Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf will end the country’s emergency rule on Saturday only after changing the constitution to ensure he cannot be prosecuted for breaking it, a key aide admitted today.

Mr Musharraf sacked leading judges, jailed thousands of opponents and silenced television news channels after he suspended the constitution and imposed the state of emergency in November.

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