Musharraf clamps emergency in Pakistan

The Hindu | Nov. 3, 2007 (News Report)

Embattled President Pervez Musharraf on Satuday night clamped a state of emergency in Pakistan ahead of a crucial Supreme Court ruling on the legality of his re-election, plunging the country into a fresh political crisis.

An eight-member Supreme Court bench immediately set aside the Emergency order which suspended the current Constitution amid reports that Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, who has been at loggerheads with Musharraf, has ... Full Story »

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by Mark Monday - Nov. 4, 2007

This is an early story and is a good example of what journalists can do under tight deadline pressure, even when deprived of things like good phone communications and faced with people in hiding. As a first day story it is quite good; the reporting is overtaken by events on the second day -- as it should be. Stories like this must be judged on their quality in relation to a time line.

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