Benazir Bhutto Put Under House Arrest for 2nd Time: ; Leader Planned March to Protest Emergency Rule

Charleston Gazette › November 13, 2007

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LAHORE, Pakistan - Opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was placed under house arrest for the second time in four days to prevent her staging a march today to protest emergency rule, police said. A close aide to the former prime minister said she would try to lead the 185-mile procession anyway.

The showdown intensified the political crisis engulfing Pakistan and further clouded the prospect of a pro-U.S. alliance against rising Islamic extremism forming between Bhutto and President Gen. Pervez Musharraf.

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Benazir Bhutto Put Under House Arrest for 2nd Time: ; Leader Planned March to Protest Emergency Rule

Bhutto's aide, Sen. Safdar Abbasi, said the seven-day detention order was not binding because ne...

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