Riot police battled with anti-government demonstrators today...

Riot police battled with anti-government demonstrators today for a second straight day and witnesses said five people were shot. Opposition leaders issued a call for new nationwide protests to topple President Zia ul-Haq.

Thousands of police wearing armor and steel helmets and armed with clubs and rifles were deployed in Lahore and Karachi following protests Thursday that resulted in at least four deaths and the arrest of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.