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6 Nov 2007
On November 3, 2007, Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf suspended the country’s constitution and assumed emergency powers in his role as both president and army chief. The move came just over eight years after Musharraf overthrew the elected government in a bloodless 1999 military coup. It followed months of political crisis in the capital city of Islamabad, along with sharply deteriorating security circumstances across the country.
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Author | K Alan Kronstadt |
Series | US Congressional Research Service Reports |
Publisher | Congressional Research Service (CRS) |