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| Pakistani opposition politician Imran Khan has been arrested after making his first public appearance since emergency rule was declared, police have said. | Pakistani opposition politician Imran Khan has been arrested after making his first public appearance since emergency rule was declared, police have said. |
| The former cricketer was detained after going to the University of Punjab in Lahore to address a protest by students against President Pervez Musharraf. | The former cricketer was detained after going to the University of Punjab in Lahore to address a protest by students against President Pervez Musharraf. |
| Mr Khan was initially held for an hour by students from the Jamaat-e-Islami party after a standoff on the campus. | Mr Khan was initially held for an hour by students from the Jamaat-e-Islami party after a standoff on the campus. |
| On Tuesday, Mr Khan said there should be no negotiations with Gen Musharraf. | On Tuesday, Mr Khan said there should be no negotiations with Gen Musharraf. |
| Mr Khan joins scores of other more powerful opposition politicians already in custody. | |
| The former cricketer is well known around the world from his sporting days, but his Tehrik-i-Insaf party has little support in Pakistan. | |
| 'House arrest' | |
| Witnesses said there were chaotic scenes at the university when Mr Khan arrived to try to address a rally of his student supporters on Wednesday morning. | |
| "I hope to start the movement for the restoration of democracy amongst the student community," he had earlier told the BBC. | |
| There was a detention order against him and they have been served on him - we are going to place him under house arrest Khalid BattiLahore police | |
| "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." | |
| However, a large group of students from the rival Islamist Jamaat-e-Islami objected to his presence at the university and a standoff developed, according to his spokesman, Seth Niazi. | |
| Mr Niazi said Mr Khan was subsequently locked inside a nearby building for an hour by the rival students before they put him in a van and drove him to police officers waiting at the campus gates. | |
| Later, several Lahore police officials confirmed they had taken Mr Khan into custody. | |
| Mr Khan had been in hiding in Lahore for more than a week after escaping from his home when emergency rule was declared by Gen Musharraf. | |
| On Tuesday, he told the BBC he had agreed with ex-PM Benazir Bhutto, who is under house arrest, that the parliamentary election due to be held by mid-January would be meaningless if the state of emergency was not lifted. | |
| "I am glad that all the opposition parties have come round to our point of view, which is that there should be no compromise with a military dictator," Mr Khan said. | "I am glad that all the opposition parties have come round to our point of view, which is that there should be no compromise with a military dictator," Mr Khan said. |
| Earlier, Ms Bhutto called for the president to step down, saying the Pakistani people had lost confidence in his ability to steer the country towards democracy. | Earlier, Ms Bhutto called for the president to step down, saying the Pakistani people had lost confidence in his ability to steer the country towards democracy. |