Pakistan's continuing crisis

Opposition leader Benazir Bhutto speaks to the media outside her residence in Lahore, Pakistan, on Friday, Nov 16 2007. Authorities freed Bhutto from house arrest today Photograph: David Guttenfelder/AP

Bhutto speaks to the media outside her home Photograph: Warrick Page/Getty

Pakistani designate-caretaker Prime Minister Mohammedmian Soomro is escorted from his residence by security officials as he leaves to take oath at the President House, in Islamabad. President Pervez Musharraf swore in caretaker leader Soomro to lead the country towards elections due by early January Photograph: Aamir Qureshi/AFP

Pakistani police officer in plainclothes opens fire at protesters during an anti-government rally in Karachi Photograph: Shakil Adil/AP

Police arrest a supporter of Imran Khan, during an anti-government demonstration in Lahore Photograph: K M Chaudary/AP

A protester makes a victory sign from a police van Photograph: K M Chaudary/AP

Pakistani police arrest protesters Photograph: Arif Ali/AFP

The president of the Human Rights Council of Pakistan, Amjad Iqbal Janjua, and members of his group stage a rally Photograph: Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP

Pakistani activists from the hardline Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal carry banners and party flags as they march Photograph: Aamir Qureshi/AFP

Protester sprinkles petrol on an effigy of Musharraf Photograph: Shakil Adil/AP

Protesters burn an effigy of Musharraf Photograph: Shakil Adil/AP

A Pakistani protester hurls a tear gas shell at police Photograph: Shakil Adil/AP