WRAP Bhutto visits shrine, election bite; ballot boxes; Multan protest

Описание: (6 Dec 2007)
Multan
1. Lawyers outside Multan district court chanting and waving flags
2. Mid of lawyer chanting
3. Various of police and lawyers clashing, lawyers brandishing flagpoles
4. Injured man being pushed roughly away
5. Police and lawyers clashing
6. Injured man with nose bleeding
7. Lawyer covered in blood being led away by other lawyers
8. Wide of lawyers protesting
9. Lawyers running at group of police, hitting them, policeman running away
10. Lawyers using flagpoles to smash up police van with man inside
11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Malik Waqir Haider, senior lawyer:
"They (police) have assaulted (the lawyers) without any reason. The lawyers have a noble cause, that is for the restoration of judiciary."
Islamabad
12. Benazir Bhutto walking through shrine of poet Pir Meher Ali Shah of Golra Sharif
13. Wide of shrine
14. Bhutto walking with party members
15. Close of Bhutto praying at shrine
16. Zoom into tomb of Pir Meher Ali Shah
17. SOUNDBITE: (English) Benazir Bhutto, leader of Pakistan Peoples Party:
"So we are planning to put up these benchmarks demanding a transition to democracy through fair elections open to all leaders and all political parties. And if these elections are stolen, as we expect, then we will be all ready and in line to give a call to this nation on January 9. So we want to make the preparations. Either the elections will be fair and the people will get their own parliament, and if the elections are not fair then the movement will start."
18. Bystanders look on
19. Bhutto leaving
Karachi
20. Wide of exterior of Election Commission Warehouse with forklift loading election boxes into truck
21. Forklift loading boxes in warehouse
22. Election workers carrying boxes
23. Election commission staff holding up ballot boxes
24. Close up of green logo on box
25. Forklift carrying boxes
26. Various of boxes being inspected
27. SOUNDBITE: (Urdu) Kanwar Muhammad Dilshad, Election Commissioner:
"For polling, a couple of things are quite important. First we have introduced transparent ballot boxes instead of steel boxes, which were used earlier. Secondly, we have arranged voter screens to maintain the secrecy and thirdly the polling staff - we have vigorously trained our staff to ensure neutrality, objectivity and impartiality. The polling staff comprises 500,000 people across the country. "
28. Election commission staff loading ballot boxes onto truck for transport to polling centres
STORYLINE
Around two hundred lawyers in the central Pakistani city of Multan fought pitched battles on the streets with police on Thursday, as a protest against President Pervez Musharraf turned nasty.
AP Television filmed the clashes, during which both sides beat each other with heavy sticks, and injuries were sustained by both sides.
Musharraf declared a state of emergency on November 3 and sacked most of the Supreme Court justices, just before they were to rule on the validity of his October re-election.
Musharraf has stacked the Supreme Court with loyalists, who have promptly dismissed all complaints against the
former general's election.
Lawyers have called Musharraf's moves an attack on the judiciary's independence, and have boycotted court proceedings in various cities, hoisted black flags and staged rallies, including in Multan.
Malik Waqir Haider, a senior lawyer, blamed the police for the trouble in Multan.
"They have assaulted without any reason.The lawyers have a noble cause, that is for the restoration of judiciary," he said.
The votes are to decide Pakistan's national and provincial assemblies.

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