Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairperson Benazir Bhutto has
been detained at a house in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore,
leading English-language newspaper The Dawn reported
Tuesday.
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Former Pakistani prime
minister Benazir Bhutto waves to the journalists upon her arrival
at the journalists protest in Lahore. Pakistani authorities Tuesday
placed Bhutto under house arrest for the second time in less than a
week to stop her leading a march against emergency
rule.
Police officials reached the Khosa House early Tuesday with
detention orders of Bhutto who would be confined for seven days at
the Khosa House, to prevent her from leading a long march of over
300kms from Lahore to the capital of Islamabad.
She was staying at PPP leader Latif Khosa's residence ahead of
the planned long march to protest against proclamation of emergency
in the country, suspension of constitution, detention of judges and
arrests of lawyers and political workers.
Police in a late night step closed the Khosa House with barriers
and deployed heavy contingents at the place.
Police sources were quoted as saying that the provincial
government of Punjab had issued orders that the PPP workers should
be stopped from the rally "at any cost."
(Xinhua News Agency November 13, 2007)
