New Delhi, Nov 03: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tonight took stock of the situation in Pakistan in the wake of imposition of emergency there.
As soon as Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf imposed emergency, the Prime Minister held confabulations with External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee.
Musharraf imposed a state of emergency in the wake of a rapid deterioration in the security situation and growing uncertainty over his position in the face of a legal challenge to his re-election in uniform.
An eight-member Supreme Court immediately set aside the Presidential order declaring Emergency amid reports that Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, who has been at loggerheads with Musharraf, has been asked to go.
All land and mobile telephone services were suspended and several private TV channels were taken off air.
Meanwhile, India is closely monitoring the developments in Pakistan where an internal emergency had been declared by President Pervez Musharraf today, Defence Minister A K Antony said here tonight.
"We are closely monitoring the developments," he said when reporters sought his views on the developments in the neighbouring country.
The country had taken all precautionary measures to ensure its security and safety, he said on the sidelines of a function here.
Bureau Report
First Published: Saturday, November 03, 2007, 00:00