IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 810 
Calling for an end to the state of emergency in Pakistan. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 8, 2007 
Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas (for herself, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. 
DELAHUNT, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. RUSH, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. 
ELLISON, Mr. HONDA, Mr. HASTINGS
of Florida, Mr. WU, Mr. 
CUMMINGS, Ms. WATSON, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. 
VAN HOLLEN, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. 
CHABOT, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California, and Mr. BILIRAKIS) sub-
mitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Calling for an end to the state of emergency in Pakistan. 
Whereas, on November 3, 2007, Pakistani President Pervez 
Musharraf issued a ‘‘proclamation of emergency,’’ sus-
pended Pakistan’s constitution, restricted the media, and 
reportedly made hundreds of ‘‘preventative arrests’’; 
Whereas the proclamation cites a ‘‘grave threat to the life 
and property of the citizens of Pakistan’’ posed by a 
‘‘visible ascendancy in the activities of extremists and in-
cidents of terrorist attacks,’’ and it states that the Paki-
stani constitution ‘‘shall remain in abeyance’’; 
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Whereas this proclamation comes as the Supreme Court of 
Pakistan was due to rule on the legality of President 
Musharraf’s reelection last month, and as President 
Musharraf was due to give up his military post this 
month; 
Whereas opposition leaders and activists have been targeted 
for detention under the emergency rule, Pakistan’s Su-
preme Court chief justice was dismissed after he refused 
to endorse the emergency order and labeled it ‘‘unconsti-
tutional,’’ senior lawyers were detained, and the active 
head of the party of exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz 
Sharif was arrested; 
Whereas President Musharraf defended his actions as a re-
sponse to a rise in extremism in Pakistan, citing militant 
violence and a judiciary which has paralyzed the govern-
ment; 
Whereas the Pakistani Government initially suggested that 
parliamentary elections, due in mid-January 2008, could 
be delayed by over a year, but Prime Minister Shaukat 
Aziz stated on November 5, 2007, that the elections 
would go forward as planned; 
Whereas Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has stated that 
the Bush administration is reviewing United States aid 
to Pakistan in the aftermath of President Musharraf’s 
proclamation; 
Whereas all non-state television stations and some radio 
channels have been taken off the air, and while inde-
pendent newspapers have been allowed to continue to 
publish, the media restrictions imposed by the emergency 
proclamation severely restrict what they can report; 
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Whereas President Musharraf previously pledged to resign 
from his military post, but he told foreign diplomats on 
November 5, 2007, that he would not step down as head 
of the military until ‘‘we correct these pillars in judiciary 
and the executive and the parliament’’; and 
Whereas Pakistan continues to be a key ally in the global 
struggle against terrorism, with Pakistan’s strategically 
important location and the support of President 
Musharraf playing a decisive role in helping to remove 
the Taliban regime from Afghanistan, and Pakistan cap-
turing hundreds of suspected al-Qaeda terrorists: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) expresses its opposition to the declaration of 
a state of emergency by President Pervez Musharraf 
and calls for a return to constitutional order; 
(2) strongly urges the Government of Pakistan 
to ensure that elections are held in January 2008, 
as scheduled, and are not delayed by the emergency 
proclamation and calls on the Election Commission 
of Pakistan to take the basic steps needed to ensure 
that these elections are free and fair; 
(3) calls for security for the Pakistan’s opposi-
tion leaders, including former Prime Minister 
Benazir Bhutto; 
(4) urges the Government of Pakistan to imme-
diately release those individuals who are being de-
tained without being charged; 
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(5) calls for the immediate restoration of Paki-
stan’s independent judiciary, including reinstating 
Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, ending the practice 
of arbitrary arrest and detention, and allowing sus-
pects customary access to lawyers; 
(6) calls on the Government of Pakistan to end 
media restrictions, including bans on non-state tele-
vision and radio stations and limitations on what 
independent newspapers can print; 
(7) calls for the President of the United States, 
the Department of State, and the United States 
Agency for International Development to review 
United States aid to Pakistan in the aftermath of 
President Musharaff’s proclamation; 
(8) calls for the administration to make aid to 
Pakistan conditional on the protection of human and 
constitutional rights during this state of emergency; 
(9) strongly supports the protection of human 
rights in Pakistan; and 
(10) calls for the appointment of a diplomatic 
team, comprised of high-ranking representatives of 
the Department of State and the Department of De-
fense, along with the appointment of a Presidential 
Special Envoy for Pakistan, to engage in detailed 
negotiations with President Musharraf and other 
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