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Violent clashes broke out last night in Lahore between police and lawyers after President Pervez Musharraf was sworn in for a second term.
Demonstrators threw bricks, glasses and sticks at police who blocked the path of about 200 lawyers as they tried to march from one court complex to another.
Some police officers picked up the missiles and threw them back at the lawyers, who were chanting slogans including "Go, Musharraf, go!" and "Friends of Musharraf are traitors!"
Musharraf was sworn in as a civilian leader a day after quitting as Army chief and fulfilling a promise many Pakistanis doubted he would keep. Abdul Hameed Dogar, the chief justice Musharraf hand-picked after purging the Supreme Court under emergency rule he imposed on November 3, administered the oath.
"This is a milestone in the transition of Pakistan to complete essence of democracy," Musharraf, wearing a traditional sherwani tunic, said in a speech after he took the oath at a ceremony in the presidency in Islamabad.
General Ashfaq Kiyani is the new Army chief.
Musharraf was due to address the nation this morning. There was speculation he could use the occasion to end the emergency.
- Reuters, AP
