Benazir Bhutto arrives in Islamabad, 06 Nov 2007

Ms. Bhutto said she has no plans to meet or negotiate with General Musharraf, but demanded that he restore the constitution, which has been suspended since he imposed emergency rule on Saturday.

She also challenged the president to say that parliamentary elections set for mid-January will be held on schedule.

General Musharraf's Cabinet met Tuesday to discuss the timetable for the ballot. No final decision has been made on whether to postpone the vote.

Earlier, Pakistan's ousted Supreme Court chief justice called on his supporters to protest the emergency rule.

Pakistan's Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry, Jul 2007

The government has given Supreme Court justices the choice of accepting a new provisional constitution or stepping down. Eight of the justices have accepted the new constitution, which imposed emergency rule.

Chaudhry and six other justices refused and ruled that the emergency decree was unconstitutional. They were placed under house arrest and their ruling was ignored.

Meanwhile, there were more clashes between protesting lawyers and police today, this time near the central city of Multan.

More than 1,500 people - including lawyers and opposition politicians - have been arrested since the president imposed emergency rule.

 Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.