The Pakistan Supreme Court on Friday upheld the Emergency and Provisional Constitutional Order issued by President Pervez Musharraf [Images] on November 3.

The apex court's judgment comes a day after a bench comprising 10 judges, headed by Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar, dismissed the last of the six petitions that had challenged Musharraf's victory in the October 6 presidential poll and validated his re-election.

The Provisional Constitutional Order

Earlier in the day, Musharraf yet again justified his emergency rule, saying it was the need of hour as foreign militants based in the country were planning terrorist attacks around the world.
 
He asserted that Pakistan had to 'get its own house in order' and then show its efforts to the West.

Showing his concern for the Pakistani people, he said the vast majority of the nation was against the terrorists who need to be weaned away through political, economic and administrative measures.  

To a question, the President said the people of Pakistan had sacrificed a lot in the global war against terror and said the international community too realised it.

He, however said the country's armed forces were well equipped and fully prepared to protect the country, but it faced a greater threat from extremists and terrorists internally than any external threat.