Mush’s opponents arrested

Pakistani opposition leaders on Sunday said police have arrested more than a dozen opposition activists in a bid to scupper protests against President Pervez Musharraf's plans for re-election on Oct 6. The chairman of Nawaz Sharif's faction of the Pakistan Muslim League, Raja Zafar-ul-Haq, and firebrand leader Javed Hashmi were among those arrested, along with Hussain Ahmed, a central leader of the religious alliance, Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal.