In Pakistan, opposition leader Benazir Bhutto has been placed under house arrest and served with a 30-day detention order. Her arrest came hours before she was scheduled to hold a major rally to oppose General Pervez Musharraf’s declaration of martial law. On Thursday, Bhutto criticized Musharraf for announcing that parliamentary elections won’t be held for another three months and for refusing to say when emergency rule would end.

Benazir Bhutto: “I haven’t seen the speech, but it’s a little vague to say it will be held by February. That’s not an election schedule. That’s not an election date. We want an election date. We want a date for retirement. It’s yet another vague. It’s like in 2004, he said, ’I’ll take my uniform off,’ and he never did. He told me, ’I’ll take my uniform off before I seek re-election as president of Pakistan.’ He never did.”

Musharraf’s government has detained some 5,000 members of Benazir Bhutto’s Pakistan People’s Party. On Thursday, four Pakistani activists were charged with treason for making anti-Musharraf speeches. They could be sentenced to the death penalty if convicted.