2255 Benazir Bhutto tells BBC the declaration of an emergency has moved Pakistan towards a dictatorship
2000 Opposition figure and former national cricket captain Imran Khan has been put under house arrest, an aide announces
1840 Gen Musharraf goes on TV to say he is saving Pakistan from "suicide"
1750 White House National Security Council expresses disappointment and calls on Gen Musharraf to step down as army chief before retaking the presidential oath
1640 UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband says it is vital Pakistan holds free and fair elections on schedule
1615 US state department says it is "deeply disturbed" by emergency rule
1610 Paramilitary troops surround Benazir Bhutto's house in Karachi, witnesses say
1550 State TV says new chief justice appointed
1545 The chief justice and other judges leave the court in a convoy under police escort, witnesses say
1515 India says it regrets "the difficult times that Pakistan is passing through" and looks forward to the return of "normalcy"
1430 Leading lawyer and opposition leader Aitzaz Ahsan is detained
1410 Former PM Benazir Bhutto is said to be on her way back to Pakistan from Dubai
1400 Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry is told his "services are no longer required", media report. It is also reported that the constitution has been suspended
1330 Reports say paramilitary troops deployed to radio and TV station, as police surround the Supreme Court
1310 State TV reports emergency rule has been declared
1240 Private TV stations go off air
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