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<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14pt"><span style="font-weight: bold">November 3, 2007 <i>(3:50 p.m. EDT)</i><br>
No. 153</span></span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14pt"><span style="font-weight: bold">CANADA CONDEMNS IMPOSITION OF EMERGENCY RULE IN
PAKISTAN</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt">The Honourable Maxime Bernier, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following
statement on the imposition of emergency rule in Pakistan:</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt">“Canada condemns the imposition of emergency rule in Pakistan. We are deeply
concerned about this development and urge the government of Pakistan to cancel the
state of emergency and the new provisional constitutional order immediately.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt">“These measures undermine democratic development, judicial independence and the
possibility of free and fair elections to which the people of Pakistan are entitled.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt">“<span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">We urge the government</span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="color: #000000"> of Pakistan to end emergency rule </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="color: #000000">and call on the
government to respect judicial processes and reinstate the judiciary, adhere to the rule
of law</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="color: #000000">, and allow free and fair parliamentary elections to proceed as planned. We urge
all sides to refrain from violence and respect human rights. We also expect the
government of Pakistan to continue in its efforts to improve regional security.”</span></span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="color: #000000">- 30 -</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="color: #000000">For further information, media representatives may contact:</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="color: #000000">Foreign Affairs Media Relations Office<br>
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada<br>
613-995-1874<br>
</span></span></span><a href="https://bac-lac.wayback.archive-it.org/web/20071121080102/http://www.international.gc.ca/"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="text-decoration: underline">http://www.international.gc.ca</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></span></p>
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