Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto invited all political parties to join her in a ``long march'' from the eastern city of Lahore to the capital Islamabad if President Pervez Musharraf doesn't restore the constitution and keep his promise to quit as army chief.

``If the constitution is not restored immediately, Musharraf doesn't quit his army post and it is not announced that elections are going to be held on time, I ask all political parties to join me in the long march which will end in a sit-in in Islamabad,'' Bhutto told reporters in Islamabad today. ``I appeal to the people of Pakistan to come out in groups of three and four with Pakistani flags and if you get arrested, get arrested.''

Musharraf, facing the stiffest opposition to his rule since he took power in a 1999 military coup, suspended Pakistan's constitution Nov. 3, saying judicial interference in government affairs was hampering the fight against terrorism.

Police used tear gas and batons to disperse lawmakers from Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party, who protested against the imposition of the emergency order outside the parliament building in Islamabad this evening, GEO television reported. Protesting parliamentarians shouted anti-government slogans, held banners and waved the black, red and green-striped flags of Bhutto's party. The long march is planned for Nov. 13.

`Deadlock in Talks'

Bhutto said her talks with Musharraf reached a ``deadlock'' when the general imposed emergency rule and she has no meetings scheduled with him.

``We were engaged in political dialogue for peaceful transition to democracy,'' Bhutto said. ``Now we find ourselves back in a dictatorship.''

Bhutto said Musharraf must quit as army chief by Nov. 15 as promised, an election schedule must be announced by Nov. 16 and elections must be held before Jan. 15.

``Musharraf can open the doors for negotiation after meeting our demands,'' she said.

Bhutto also demanded that the ban on thrice-elected prime ministers should be ended. She was prime minister of Pakistan twice between 1988 and 1996.

``Her comment about deadlock seems to be an emotional statement,'' Information Minister Mohammed Ali Durrani said in a phone interview from Islamabad. ``Every politician knows there is no dead end in political discussions. The long march plan is just a statement and there are many ifs and buts in her statements.''

Self-Imposed Exile

Bhutto, who returned to Pakistan last month after eight years in self-imposed exile, is meeting leaders from other opposition parties to plan protests. The opposition leader is scheduled to address a rally in Rawalpindi near Islamabad on Nov. 9, ignoring a ban on public gatherings issued by Musharraf.

Protest rallies are prohibited under the emergency and are illegal, Shabir Anwar, press secretary to Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, said in a telephone interview from Islamabad today.

Police and paramilitary forces blocked off the roads leading to the parliament building where Bhutto's party plans to protest today.

Pakistan's government has no schedule for ending emergency rule and won't discuss a return to democracy with Bhutto, Anwar said. The 342-member parliament endorsed emergency rule today, GEO television reported. Bhutto's party boycotted the session.

For a third day running, lawyers were prevented by police from entering courthouses. Students from Islamabad's Islamic University demonstrated against emergency rule outside the lower courts in the capital.

Fair Elections

Bhutto, 54, had been involved in power-sharing negotiations with the president that led to her return. Musharraf, 64, gave her amnesty on corruption charges she faced and agreed to give up control of the military by Nov. 15. In return, Bhutto didn't object to him being re-elected president by the current parliament.

Bhutto demanded the release of all protestors, including 400 of her party workers. As many as 1,000 lawyers and leaders of opposition parties and their supporters have been arrested since Musharraf declared emergency rule.

Journalists plan hunger strikes and rallies from Nov. 15 to protest against media curbs introduced under emergency, Mazhar Abbas, secretary general of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists said at a news conference in Islamabad today. The union demanded an immediate withdrawal of the law. Private news broadcasters remained off air for a fifth day today.

Musharraf issued a law that bans the publication of any material ``that defames, brings into ridicule or disrepute the head of state or members of the armed forces or executive, legislative organs.'' Offenders can be jailed for three years.

The imposition of emergency rule came as the Supreme Court was nearing a decision on the legality of Musharraf's Oct. 6 re- election by Parliament and provincial assemblies for a second five-year term as president.

To contact the reporters on this story: Khalid Qayum in Islamabad, Pakistan at kqayum@bloomberg.net. Farhan Sharif in Karachi, Pakistan at fsharif2@bloomberg.net

Last Updated: November 7, 2007 08:28 EST