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Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto has been served a 30-day detention notice.Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto has been served a 30-day detention notice.
The move came as she tried to leave her Islamabad home, which has been blocked off by police stopping her joining a planned rally in nearby Rawalpindi.The move came as she tried to leave her Islamabad home, which has been blocked off by police stopping her joining a planned rally in nearby Rawalpindi.
Police have been deployed across the city. Mass rallies are outlawed under emergency rule imposed last week. Police in the city clashed with Bhutto supporters defying a ban on rallies imposed under emergency rule.
Ms Bhutto has vowed to a campaign aimed at forcing President Pervez Musharraf to stand down as army chief.Ms Bhutto has vowed to a campaign aimed at forcing President Pervez Musharraf to stand down as army chief.
Officers in riot gear blocked off the road to the former prime minister's house with barbed wire on Friday, with no-one being allowed in or out.Officers in riot gear blocked off the road to the former prime minister's house with barbed wire on Friday, with no-one being allowed in or out.
The 30-day detention order was served on Ms Bhutto as she tried to cross the police cordon.The 30-day detention order was served on Ms Bhutto as she tried to cross the police cordon.
Benazir Bhutto wants elections to be held on scheduleBenazir Bhutto wants elections to be held on schedule
As events unfolded, she told the BBC that her supporters would carry on her campaign even if she were detained.As events unfolded, she told the BBC that her supporters would carry on her campaign even if she were detained.
Earlier, Pakistani Deputy Information Minister Tariq Azim told the BBC that Ms Bhutto was being held "for her own security". In Rawalpindi thousands of police have been deployed to block the main roads to the venue of the planned rally.
Police say suicide bombers were planning to target the Rawalpindi rally. Last month Ms Bhutto survived an assassination attempt in Karachi that killed nearly 140 people. However supporters of Ms Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party have been trying to reach the area through alleyways, clashing with police.
Security threat
Police banned the rally saying attackers were trying to target it.
Last month a suicide bomber killed nearly 140 people at a mass gathering as Ms Bhutto returned home from exile.
Pakistani Deputy Information Minister Tariq Azim told the BBC that she was being detained "for her own security".
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"She is being asked not to take out this rally or procession in view of the security threats that we have and keeping in mind what happened (on) 18 October," Mr Azim said."She is being asked not to take out this rally or procession in view of the security threats that we have and keeping in mind what happened (on) 18 October," Mr Azim said.
Police have blocked main roads into Rawalpindi and closed streets around the rally venue.
'Indispensable ally'
On Thursday Gen Musharraf pledged that he would hold parliamentary elections by 15 February - a month later than scheduled.On Thursday Gen Musharraf pledged that he would hold parliamentary elections by 15 February - a month later than scheduled.
He also renewed a promise to quit as head of the army, if and when the Supreme Court validated his recent election as president for another term.He also renewed a promise to quit as head of the army, if and when the Supreme Court validated his recent election as president for another term.
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However, Ms Bhutto dismissed his words as "vague".However, Ms Bhutto dismissed his words as "vague".
"This is yet another vague announcement. We want him to hang up his uniform by 15 November," she said."This is yet another vague announcement. We want him to hang up his uniform by 15 November," she said.
'Indispensable ally'
Gen Musharraf announced his decision to hold elections after coming under pressure from US President George W Bush.Gen Musharraf announced his decision to hold elections after coming under pressure from US President George W Bush.
The general imposed a state of emergency on Saturday, blaming militant violence and an unruly judiciary.The general imposed a state of emergency on Saturday, blaming militant violence and an unruly judiciary.
On Wednesday, Mr Bush telephoned the Pakistani leader to urge him to call off the state of emergency and stand down as head of the army.On Wednesday, Mr Bush telephoned the Pakistani leader to urge him to call off the state of emergency and stand down as head of the army.
But he also noted that Gen Musharraf had been an "indispensable ally".But he also noted that Gen Musharraf had been an "indispensable ally".
A media blackout is again in force a day after it was eased - with international channels like the BBC and CNN temporarily allowed back on air on Thursday.A media blackout is again in force a day after it was eased - with international channels like the BBC and CNN temporarily allowed back on air on Thursday.
Meanwhile the man sacked by Gen Musharraf as chief justice of the Supreme Court, Iftikhar Chaudhry, has called on Pakistanis to forget their differences and stand up for the supremacy of the constitution.Meanwhile the man sacked by Gen Musharraf as chief justice of the Supreme Court, Iftikhar Chaudhry, has called on Pakistanis to forget their differences and stand up for the supremacy of the constitution.
Speaking to the BBC, Justice Chaudhry said an independent judiciary was essential for democracy:Speaking to the BBC, Justice Chaudhry said an independent judiciary was essential for democracy:
"The new chief justice and judges do not have a lawful constitutional position. As far as running any sort of campaign on the streets is concerned, our campaign will be run by the 160 million people of Pakistan and the political parties," he said."The new chief justice and judges do not have a lawful constitutional position. As far as running any sort of campaign on the streets is concerned, our campaign will be run by the 160 million people of Pakistan and the political parties," he said.