(7 Nov 2007) SHOTLIST
1. Wide of people gathered for a news conference with former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto
2. Cutaway of policeman
3. Bhutto talking
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Benazir Bhutto, former prime minister of Pakistan
"If there is a desire on the part of the government to seek a political solution then we expect them to revive the constitution and under those constitutional provisions General Musharraf to retire by November 15 as Chief of Army staff and for elections to be announced on November 15 to be held by January 16 and if this is not done, then from November 13, we will start a long march from Lahore through to Islamabad where we will do a sit-in to demand the restoration of our constitution. We've invited all parties. We think each party must rise above their own narrow partisan beliefs for the higher cause of saving Pakistan and saving Pakistan through democracy."
5. Wide of news conference
STORYLINE
Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on Wednesday said President Pervez Musharraf should revive Pakistan's constitution and call elections or her supporters would hold a "sit-in" protest in Islamabad.
"If there is a desire on the part of the government to seek a political solution then we expect them to revive the constitution and under those constitutional provisions General Musharraf to retire by November 15 as Chief of Army staff and for elections to be announced on November 15 to be held by January 16," Bhutto told a news conference in Islamabad.
"If this is not done, then from November 13, we will start a long march from Lahore through to Islamabad where we will do a sit-in to demand the restoration of our constitution," she added
Bhutto called for other political parties to join her in the march.
"We think each party must rise above their own narrow partisan beliefs for the higher cause of saving Pakistan and saving Pakistan through democracy," she said.
Also on Wednesday police clashed with Bhutto supporters near Pakistan's Parliament.
Witnesses said police beat several activists, some of them women, who broke through, and dragged at least six people from the scene.
Wednesday's protest coincided with a vote in Parliament on the declaration of an emergency. Government lawmakers endorsed the decision unanimously, state television reported.
Musharraf suspended the constitution after declaring the state of emergency on Saturday.
He has since ousted independent-minded judges, put a stranglehold on the media and granted sweeping powers to authorities to crush dissent.
Thousands of people have been rounded up and put in jail or under house arrest.
Three days of protests by lawyers have been quickly put down with force. However, violent clashes with Bhutto's supporters could deepen the uncertainty engulfing a country already shaken by rising militancy.
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