Ground Report

Pakistani police rounded up about 400 supporters of ex-premier Benazir Bhutto in a crackdown, hours after she called for mass protests against emergency rule, her party said on Thursday, November 8, 2007. Bhutto said she would hold a rally in Rawalpindi on Friday despite police threats of a crackdown. She called for a "long march" on November 13, from Lahore to the capital if President Musharraf does not repeal emergency rule. Police confirmed between 40 to 50 arrests.