Mush lifts 42 days old Emergency

(December, 15, Islamabad, Sri Lanka Guardian) Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday lifted the six-week-old state of emergency.

Musharraf revived Constitution as part of efforts to counter criticism by the world community and opposition parties which have expressed apprehensions that the upcoming elections would not be free and fair.

He signed three Presidential orders to end the emergency, withdraw the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) that suspended the Constitution and fundamental rights, and revive the Constitution of 1973.

The Cabinet division then issued the formal notification about lifting the emergency, state-run PTV reported. [PTI]