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Musharraf Lifts State of Emergency

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• Dec. 15: A man walks past Pakistani police standing guard at an entrance to the Presidential Palace in Islamabad, Pakistan.
• Dec. 15: Police walk past a barricade at the entrance to the residence of Pakistan's deposed chief justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry, in Islamabad, Pakistan.
• Dec. 15: Lawyers chant slogans in front of a line of police during a protest against Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, in Islamabad, Pakistan.
• Dec. 15: Muhammad Idrees Chaudhry burns up his nomination papers for parliamentary elections during a protest against Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, in Islamabad, Pakistan.
• Dec. 15: Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf makes a nationally televised speech.
• Dec. 15: Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is seen on screen as he makes a nationally televised speech, on a TV in a store window in Islamabad, Pakistan. Musharraf said Saturday he imposed a controversial state of emergency as a last resort to save Pakistan from destruction. In a nationally televised address after lifting the emergency earlier in the day, Musharraf said a conspiracy had been hatched by unspecified people, with the involvement of members of the judiciary, to derail the country's transition to democracy.
• Dec. 15: A man watches a nationally televised speech by Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in a store in Islamabad, Pakistan.
• Dec. 15: People watch and listen to a nationally televised address by President Pervez Musharraf at an electronic shop in Karachi, Pakistan.
• Dec. 15: In this picture released by Pakistan Press Information Department, President Pervez Musharraf administrates the Chief Justice oath to Abdul Hameed Dogar, unseen, during a ceremony at President House in Islamabad, Pakistan.
• Dec. 15: A lawyer chants slogans in front of a line of police during a protest against Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, in Islamabad, Pakistan. Musharraf lifted Pakistan's six-week-old state of emergency and restored the constitution Saturday, easing a crackdown that has enraged opponents and worried Western supporters.
• Dec. 15: Pakistani police stand guard at the entrance to the Presidential Palace in Islamabad, Pakistan, shortly after the state of emergency was lifted.
• Dec. 15: Paramilitary troops unload equipment near the Presidential Palace in Islamabad, Pakistan. President Pervez Musharraf lifted Pakistan's six-week-old state of emergency and restored the constitution Saturday, easing a crackdown that has enraged opponents and worried Western supporters.
• Dec. 15: Lawyers chant slogans as they march past a line of police during a protest against Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, in Islamabad, Pakistan.
• Dec. 15: A leader of Jamat-e-Islami Abdul Razzaq, center, with his supporters, chant slogans against the President Pervez Musharraf after the withdrawal of his nomination papers for the upcoming parliamentary election in Multan, Pakistan. Jamaat-e-Islami, which has vowed to boycott the vote, withdrew its 130 candidates for Parliament and 450 nominations for provincial assemblies in protest against judges' dismissals, a party spokesman said.