Friday, November 9, 2007

Ex-PM Bhutto detained in Pakistan


Ms Bhutto's residence has been sealed off by police

Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto has been served a 30-day detention notice.

The move came as she tried to leave her Islamabad home, which has been blocked off by police stopping her joining a planned rally in nearby Rawalpindi.

Police have been deployed across the city. Mass rallies are outlawed under emergency rule imposed last week.

Ms Bhutto has vowed to a campaign aimed at forcing President Pervez Musharraf to stand down as army chief.

Officers in riot gear blocked off the road to the former prime minister's house with barbed wire on Friday, with no-one being allowed in or out.

The 30-day detention order was served on Ms Bhutto as she tried to cross the police cordon.

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