Authority: Supreme Court of Pakistan

Date: 11/23/2007

Subject: The Court – mostly composed of new judges nominated after the proclamation of the state of emergency – states the legitimacy of the Pakistani President’s decision to suspend, on 3 November 2007, the constitutional guarantees and to pretend from the judges the oath of allegiance to the Government and the removal for those who refuse such oath, in relation to the state of emergency of the Country

Original language: English

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 6 Personal liberty - Personal security - Justice - Art. 47 Independent and impartial tribunal

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