Lawyers outside the High Court in Karachi were beaten and detained
Police have used tear gas and batons to break up demonstrations by Pakistani lawyers against the country's state of emergency.
Lawyers said many colleagues were arrested as protests were dispersed in Lahore, Karachi and Rawalpindi.
The Islamic party Jamaat-e-Islami was also targeted, saying hundreds of its members were arrested overnight.
President Pervez Musharraf declared the emergency on Saturday, saying he was acting to curb extremism.
Critics, however, believe General Musharraf was acting to pre-empt a judgment by the Supreme Court on whether his re-election last month was legal.
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