Pakistan constitutional amendment validating emergency [Pakistan]

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Pakistan constitutional amendment validating emergency [Pakistan]

November 21, 2007 11:17:00 pm

Constitution (Amendment) Order, 2007, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, November 21, 2007 [invoking his power to unilaterally amend the country's constitution under Article 2(1) of the Provisional Constitution Order and making the November 3 declaration of emergency and accompanying orders immune from any legal challenge by deeming them always to have been validly made]. Read the full text of the order. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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