Emergency lifted in Pakistan

NDTV Correspondent
Saturday, December 15, 2007 (Islamabad)
Pakistan President Musharraf today issued orders to lift Emergency and restore Constitution.According to Geo TV, the Constitution of 1973 will be restored with some amendments.Pakistan was under the state of Emergency since November 3, 2007, a move that was fiercely opposed at home and abroad.Amid growing international criticism, Attorney General Malik Qayum declared that Emergency will be lifted on December 15, that is today and a Constitutional package is being prepared to take the country back to pre-emergency days. Yesterday, President Musharraf formally took control of the country's nuclear arsenal after West's concerns that the facility would fall into the hands of radical Islamists.