Former Pakistan President General (retired) Pervez Musharraf has claimed that he had invoked emergency on November 3, 2007 after holding consultations with former chief of army staff General (retired) Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and the senior civilian and military hierarchy
He insisted that in addition to Kayani, he had consulted the senior military and civilian leadership, including the then prime minister Shaukat Aziz, before imposing the emergency. During the emergency, which was imposed from November 3, 2007 to December 15, 2007, the constitution of Pakistan was suspended.
