Lawyers across country observe Black Day to condemn Pervez Musharraf’s emergency

The legal fraternity and representatives of civil society across the country held protests, rallies and meetings to condemn the imposition of emergency.

Bar Councils and Bar Associations termed it the black day to condemn the imposition of emergency and promulgation of Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) on November 3, 2007 by the then general (Retd) Pervez Musharraf.

The lawyers boycotted all court proceedings in Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Pindi, Peshwar, Quetta, Sukkur, Faisalabad, Sargodha, Mianwali, Multan, Gujranwala and other cities.

Bar Councils and Bar Associations are holding protest meetings while black flags were hoisted on Bar buildings. During the period of emergency, the constitution of Pakistan was suspended till December 15.

Former military ruler Musharraf had declared emergency on November 03, five years back. He had suspended the constitution and imposed curbs on the media. Musharraf also relieved Supreme Court and higher judiciary judges after imposition of emergency.

The lawyers started a campaign against dictatorship of Pervez Musharraf and after long and untiring struggle they not only succeeded in removing General Pervez Musharraf’s regime.

They also compelled the following regime of the PPP to restore the judges including Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary.

Former President Musharraf was also the army chief at that time who resigned from the latter position on November 28.

The chief justice of Pakistan declared the emergency as null and void through an interim verdict and directed the army not to implement any illegal order of the then president.

Soon after the interim verdict, chief justice and several other judges were suspended and kept under house arrest on Musharraf s order.

However, after taking oath as president for a second-term, Musharraf announced to end emergency on December 16.

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