Pakistani Opposition Leader Under House Arrest Once Again
Pakistani authorities on Monday again placed opposition leader Benazir Bhutto under house arrest in the eastern city of Lahore to prevent her from leading a rally against the emergency rule imposed by President Pervez Musharraf 10 days ago, her party said. “Thousands of policemen have surrounded the temporary residence of Mohtrma (madam) Benazir Bhutto, and no one is allowed to see her,” a senior leader of Bhutto’s Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), Jehangir Badar told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa by telephone. Full Story