ISLAMABAD: President Pervez Musharraf will lift Pakistan's state of emergency tomorrow only after changing the constitution to ensure that he cannot be hauled before a court. Attorney General Malik Mohammed Qayyum yesterday said the president , who had acknowledged that he breached the constitution, would amend the charter to protect his decisions from legal challenges.

Qayyum said government legal experts were finalising the changes and that they would be announced before Musharraf lifts the emergency, but provided no details.

But analysts say the move is unlikely to end the bitter controversies over his changes to the constitution.

They say he looks unlikely to ease media curbs or restore ousted judges, meaning the end of the emergency will have little practical impact.

"Can a person change the constitution? That issue will persist, no matter whether the emergency is withdrawn or not," said political analyst Hasan Askari.

Under the constitution as written, no changes can be made without a two-thirds majority of lawmakers.

The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists accused the government of "an attempt to silence the free media".

The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority issued a letter on Tuesday, addressed to "all satellite TV channels," saying some were still airing live coverage and taking live telephone calls, which "contain baseless propaganda against Pakistan and incite people to violence."

* Two suicide attackers hit a military checkpoint in the southwestern city of Quetta, killing 10 people including six security forces personnel.