Azad Kashmir Cabinet endorses Imposition of Emergency
By Fatima Raza 'Pakistan Times' AJK Bureau Chief

MUZAFFARABAD (AJK): The AJK government has welcomed the imposition of emergency and fully supported the step of President Pervez Musharraf in this regard.

AJK Prime Minister Sardar Attique Ahmad Khan, who is also president of All Jammu & Kashmir Muslim Conference, chaired the informal cabinet meeting Monday.

The cabinet discussed the imposition of emergency in Pakistan and termed it as inevitable under the prevailing circumstances and expressed complete satisfaction over the steps taken by President Pervez Musharraf in the larger interests of the country.

The cabinet observed that the country was put on the path of democracy and the transitional phase of transfer of power to the next elected government but terrorism and extremism were posing threat to overall law and order situation.

The meeting extended full support to issuance of Provisional Constitutional Order and appreciated that despite imposition of emergency all the democratic institutions including the Senate, National and provincial assemblies remained functional.

It continued that the present government, under the dynamic leadership of President Pervez Musharraf had put the country on the road to progress.

The cabinet expressed its full confidence in the leadership of President Musharraf and lauded his efforts for the peaceful solution of Kashmir issue and rehabilitation and reconstruction of of quake hit areas and thanked the President for announcing developmental funds of Rs. 42 billion for AJK.●