George W Bush wants end of emergency

US President George W Bush was speaking three days after Gen Musharraf - a very key ally in President Bush's "war on terror" - imposed a state of emergency. Mr George W Bush asked Mr Gen Musharraf to leave his post as army chief and hold elections as soon as possible. Pakistan's prime minister says the elections will be held as scheduled. Pakistan had come under heavy international pressure after Gen Musharraf imposed emergency rule on Saturday.

In Lahore on Monday an estimated 2,000 lawyers congregated to stage a rally protesting at the dismissal of top judges and restrictions on the judiciary, but several were reported wounded when police waded in with tear gas and baton charges.

All Major political leaders are arrested except Benazir Bhutto who came to Pakistan in the result of a deal between Musharraf and Her.