Islamabad: Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on Thursday amended the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO), which he had issued to suspend the constitution, in order to give himself the right to revoke the emergency.
The emergency declaration and the PCO were issued on November 3 by Musharraf in his capacity as army.
Legal experts pointed out that this would have meant that the emergency would have to be revoked by the army chief.
With Musharraf saying that he will doff his army uniform by the end of this month, this would have meant that the power to revoke the emergency would have gone to his successor, the experts said.
Musharraf, in his capacity as army chief, today issued an order to amend the PCO that came into effect immediately.
The order said, "The President may revoke the proclamation of emergency of the 3rd day of November, 2007 on such day as he may deem fit".
This, experts said, would give Musharraf the power to revoke the emergency at his discretion.
The military ruler has so far ruled out ending the emergency despite intense pressure from the world community, especially the US, saying the measure is necessary for holding a free and fair general election.
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