BBC reports that President General Pervez Musharraf has declared a state of emergency in Pakistan Saturday evening and issued a provisional constitutional order. Under the order, the constitution remains suspended, the federal cabinet ceases to exist and judges will have to take oath afresh.
It is being said that military and paramilitary troops were deployed at all government buildings including those of Pakistan Television, Radio Pakistan and the Supreme Court. It is also learnt that the judges colony, where almost all Supreme Court judges reside, was surrounded by paramilitary troops.