The proclamation of an emergency in the country is a short-term arrangement and the country will be soon put on a normal constitutional course, Foreign Secretary Riaz M Khan told foreign envoys during a briefing on Sunday.
The Foreign Office (FO) arranged the briefing to inform the envoys about the latest situation in Pakistan regarding the emergency. Official sources told Daily Times that the envoys were told that the emergency was a short-term arrangement to meet the extraordinary situation that had arisen due to the increasing attacks of militants and the “interference of the judiciary” in executive affairs. The sources said the government was keen to address the concerns of foreign governments regarding putting the Constitution in abeyance after the emergency. |