Bhutto March

Guide Note: Benazir Bhutto returned to Pakistan on October 18, 2007 to attempt to carve out a power-sharing deal with Pervez Musharraf. After Bhutto's return, Musahrraf declared a state of emergency in a bid to hold on to control of Pakistan as his right to govern was challeneged. Musharraf's role as president has been called in to question due to the retention of his powerful role as army chief and the mass abstentions in the presidential election in October. Bhutto and her supporters plan a 'long march' to press for an immediate end to emergency rule, which Bhutto says would render the promised elections in early January meaningless.