Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has clarified that Pakatan Harapan will challenge the government in court not on the emergency proclamation, but to stress the need to have a parliamentary sitting.

This comes several days after he announced the preparation of the application to challenge Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and the government "on their baseless declaration of a state of emergency".

"Things that we want to point out in court is not about the emergency, but the need to continue with parliamentary meetings...