Bhutto calls on Musharraf to step down

Bhutto calls on Musharraf to step down

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistani security forces stand guard Nov. 13 near a barbed-wire fence closing off the area in Lahore where former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has been put under house arrest. Bhutto has called for President Gen. Pervez Musharraf to resign as both president and army chief, and has ruled out a power-sharing deal that would see her serving under him as prime minister. (Kyodo)

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