Monday, 12 November 2007

Bhutto plans to lead supporters 13 November from Lahore


Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto adjusts her scarf as she arrives at a shrine of Islamic saint Syed Ali bin Osman Al-Hajvery, popularly known as Data Ganj Bakhsh in Lahore, 11 November 2007. Bhutto arrived in the eastern city of Lahore to galvanise support behind plans for the biggest protest rally yet against emergency rule. She has set President Pervez Musharraf a deadline of 15 November to take off his army uniform, restore the constitution and set the date for parliamentary elections. The leader of the Pakistan People's Party, the country's biggest political group, Bhutto plans to lead supporters on 13 November from Lahore to the capital Islamabad, some 275 kilometres (170 miles) away.

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