Bhutto Calls on Musharraf to Step Down

LAHORE, Pakistan, Nov. 13 -- Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, in harsh comments issued by phone while under house arrest, on Tuesday demanded that President Pervez Musharraf step down and appeared to scotch any lingering chance of a powersharing arrangement between them.

In Karachi, meanwhile, clashes erupted between local police and members of Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party, with reports of mass arrests and gunshots fired at local police stations. Bhutto has estimated that in excess of 10,000 of her party members may now be in police custody -- just one of several facts she listed in explaining her decision to call for Musharraf's resignation.

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Source: Washington Post