Pakistani opposition leader, Iman Khan, has been arrested after making his first public appearance since emergency rule was declared. Also, former Prime Minister and leading opposition leader, Benazir Bhutto is still under house arrest.
Khan, a former cricketer, was detained after going to the University of Punjab in Lahore to address a protest by students against President Pervez Musharraf.
Khan was initially held for an hour by students from the Jamaate-Islami party after a confrontation on campus. On Tuesday, Khan said there should be no negotiations with Musharraf. Kha has joined hundreds of other more powerful opposition politicians already in custody. He is well known around the world from his sporting days, but his Tehrik-i-Insaf Movement for Justice Party has little support in Pakistan.
Witness said there were chaotic scenes at the university when he arrived to address a rally of his student supporters on Wednessday morning. ” I hope to start the movement for the restoration of democracy amongest the student community” he had earlier told the BBC.
”’ I want the students to be mobilised, as well as the lawyers and the political parties , because it has to be a comprehensive movement against the brute force of a military dictator.”