 Jamali premiership was followed by Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Shaukat Aziz.While the government was supposed to be run by the elected prime minister, there was a common understanding that important decisions were made by the President General Musharraf.On November 3, 2007, President General Musharraf declared the state of emergency in the country which is claimed to be equivalent to the state of martial law as the constitution of Pakistan of 1973 was suspended, and the Chief Justices of the Supreme Court were fired.