Bhutto Call for Protest Sets Up Confrontation

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 7 — Dramatically escalating political tensions in Pakistan, the opposition leader, Benazir Bhutto, announced today that her party would carry out a mass demonstration on Friday and a protest march next week if the president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, refuses to end a state of emergency and hold elections in January.

Ms. Bhutto's statements set up an immediate confrontation with General Musharraf, who has declared a state of emergency since Saturday, suspending the country's Constitution, arresting scores of protesters and shutting down independent television news outlets. Under General Musharraf's emergency decree, all public protests are banned.

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