The World - News from Oct. 25, 1985

Pakistan’s military authorities detained at least four leading opposition politicians and banned others from Karachi, where a major opposition meeting had been planned to discuss an attempt by the armed forces to legitimize their eight years in power. Opposition sources said that political foes of President Zia ul-Haq had hoped to meet today and Saturday to discuss a bill that writes into the constitution most of Zia’s martial-law orders. The bill has been passed by the lower house and is pending in the upper house.