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| Bhutto issues Pakistan ultimatum | Bhutto issues Pakistan ultimatum |
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| Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has issued what correspondents say is an ultimatum to President Pervez Musharraf to end emergency rule. | Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has issued what correspondents say is an ultimatum to President Pervez Musharraf to end emergency rule. |
| She said she still planned to hold a rally on Friday in Pakistan's main garrison town, Rawalpindi, despite an official ban. | She said she still planned to hold a rally on Friday in Pakistan's main garrison town, Rawalpindi, despite an official ban. |
| "I appeal to the people of Pakistan to come forward. We are under attack," she told journalists. | "I appeal to the people of Pakistan to come forward. We are under attack," she told journalists. |
| Gen Musharraf imposed emergency rule on Saturday after months of unrest. | Gen Musharraf imposed emergency rule on Saturday after months of unrest. |
| The authorities have warned that police will not allow the demonstration in Rawalpindi on Friday to go ahead. | |
| The city's mayor, Javed Akhlas, said: "We will ensure that they don't violate the ban on rallies, and if they do it, the government will take action according to the law." | |
| He told the Associated Press (AP) there was a "strong threat" of another suicide bomb attack against Ms Bhutto, who survived an assassination attempt on 18 October that killed more than 140 people. |