11-07-2007, 10:33 PM
<b>Pakistani police beat protesters </b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Police swung batons and fired tear gas at supporters of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto demonstrating near Pakistan's parliament Wednesday, deepening a political crisis triggered by the imposition of military rule.
Associated Press reporters saw hundreds of protesters pushing metal barricades into ranks of riot police blocking their path toward the parliament building, where state television reported that government lawmakers unanimously endorsed President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's declaration of emergency rule.
Police beat several activists, some of them women, who broke through, and dragged at least six people from the scene.
Naheed Khan, a close female aide to Bhutto, stuck a policeman on the shoulder and screamed at him: "<b>Who are you? How dare you take action against women?"</b>
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Associated Press reporters saw hundreds of protesters pushing metal barricades into ranks of riot police blocking their path toward the parliament building, where state television reported that government lawmakers unanimously endorsed President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's declaration of emergency rule.
Police beat several activists, some of them women, who broke through, and dragged at least six people from the scene.
Naheed Khan, a close female aide to Bhutto, stuck a policeman on the shoulder and screamed at him: "<b>Who are you? How dare you take action against women?"</b>
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