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Bloomberg NewsNov. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's imposition of emergency rule to fight terrorism without legal constraints may lead to worsening violence in the world's second-largest Muslim state, analysts say.
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``Imposition of emergency does not help the military fight its battle against terrorism,'' said Lisa Curtis, senior research fellow at the Washington-based Heritage Foundation. ``The security services will also be distracted now with efforts to control civil society rather than focusing attention on preventing terrorist attacks.''
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Lawyers and leaders of opposition parties yesterday condemned Musharraf's decision to suspend citizens' rights. As many as 150 lawyers and human rights activists staged a protest near judges' homes in Islamabad.
Police were deployed around the capital and paramilitary forces positioned at the Supreme Court and Parliament buildings. There were no extra deployments of law enforcement personnel in the commercial capital of Karachi.
Interference by the Supreme Court has paralyzed the government and demoralized his troops, Musharraf said in a televised speech yesterday
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