President Gen. Pervez Musharraf declared a state of emergency in Pakistan on Saturday ahead of a crucial Supreme Court decision on whether to overturn his recent election win and amid rising Islamic militant violence.

Eight Supreme Court judges immediately rejected the emergency, which suspended the current constitution. The government blocked transmissions of private news channels in several cities and telephone services in the capital, Islamabad, were cut.

"The chief of army staff has proclaimed a state of emergency and issued a provisional constitutional order," a newscaster on state Pakistan TV said, adding that Musharraf, who took power in 1999 coup, would address the nation later Saturday.

Dozens of police blocked the road in front of the Supreme Court building, with the judges believed inside.

India said it regrets the declaration of a state of emergency in Pakistan and hopes normality will soon be restored there. "Musharraf has shown his true colors as a military dictator and this imposition of emergency will not only have an impact in Pakistan but also in the entire South Asian region," BJP spokesman Rajiv Pratap Rudy warned.

"The Indian government should condemn this act in the strongest of words and ask the international community to put pressure on Musharraf," Rudy added.

The development also triggered concern in India's military establishment, prompting a "state of vigil" alert along a militarized border in disputed Kashmir, government officials said.

"A state of vigil has now been sounded along the LoC (Line of Control) and elsewhere in Kashmir and we are watching the situation very closely," a senior Kashmir military commander told AFP on condition of anonymity.

The two nuclear-armed South Asian rivals, which have fought two of their three wars over Kashmir since their 1947 independence, launched talks three years ago in a bid to improve ties.

The state TV report gave no reason for the emergency but it follows weeks of speculation that he could take the step. Military vehicles patrolled and troops blocked roads in the administrative heart of the capital.

The U.S. and other Western allies urged him this week not to take steps that would jeopardize the country's transition to democracy. During previous emergencies in Pakistan, a provisional constitutional order has led to the suspension of some basic rights of citizens and for judges to take a fresh oath of office.

"This is the most condemnable act," said Ahsan Iqbal, a spokesman for the opposition PML-N party of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. "The whole nation will resist this extra-constitutional measure," he said. Sharif was barred by Musharraf from returning to exile to Pakistan in September to mount a campaign against military rule.

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