Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists has said that the media is still not free as it was before the declaration of Emergency.
The only major difference in pre-Emergency and post-Emergency Pakistan is that the country's constitution -- or whatever was left of it -- is even weaker. One man's whims and personal actions have played havoc with the principles which different institutions of the state are supposed to protect.
All the independent judges, the real targets of the emergency, are out of their courts and under house arrest. Even on Monday, two days after the end of the Emergency, the pro-democracy activists demanded the release of the Chief Justice and clashed with the police.
The suicide attacks on the army, which were cited as a reason to impose the emergency, are still continuing while Musharraf is saying that the objectives of the Emergency have been achieved, which basically translates as the Judges and the media have been silenced.
The only major difference in pre-Emergency and post-Emergency Pakistan is that the country's constitution -- or whatever was left of it -- is even weaker. One man's whims and personal actions have played havoc with the principles which different institutions of the state are supposed to protect.
All the independent judges, the real targets of the emergency, are out of their courts and under house arrest. Even on Monday, two days after the end of the Emergency, the pro-democracy activists demanded the release of the Chief Justice and clashed with the police.
The suicide attacks on the army, which were cited as a reason to impose the emergency, are still continuing while Musharraf is saying that the objectives of the Emergency have been achieved, which basically translates as the Judges and the media have been silenced.
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