A day after her Government was dismissed by the President of Pakistan on accusations of corruption and mismanagement, Benazir Bhutto described the unexpected action today as a ''quasi-military intervention'' organized by army headquarters.
''It had been planned very well and for a very long time,'' she said.
In an interview in the prime minister's residence here before leaving for her home in Karachi ''to let the dust settle,'' Ms. Bhutto said the entire case against her and her family, colleagues and party was prepared by the military, as was the order dissolving her Government read by President Ghulam Ishaq Khan.
'It Was the Army'
''Yesterday, it was the army that surrounded my house,'' she said. ''The army surrounded my secretariat, the television center, the telephones.'' She asserted that the military and intelligence agencies had been attempting to subvert her Government from its inception in December 1988.
Security authorities have placed Ms. Bhutto and her husband, Asif Ali Zardari, on a list of people prohibited from leaving the country, members of her party said. The military is reported to be preparing to charge Mr. Zardari with misuse of public funds and misuse of his relationship with the former Prime Minister. Mr. Zardari's father, Hakim Ali Zardari, who also had a reputation for abusing his official connections, was reported to be in London.
Troops were no longer in evidence in the capital today, as Pakistanis here and in other cities went about their normal daily business, unaffected by emergency powers granted last night to the caretaker Government of Prime Minister Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi.
Seated in a small parlor of the official residence that she vacated today, the former Prime Minister was relaxed and confident about her record in office and her future in politics if the next election takes place as scheduled.
Outside, however, the crowds that gravitate to the center of power in Pakistan were gone, to stand outside someone else's gate in the hope of a job or a favor.
Political Party in Crisis
Prominent members of Ms. Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party said the organization was facing a severe crisis and the danger of a split as it tried to regroup to fight another national election, scheduled by Mr. Ishaq Khan for Oct. 24.
Ms. Bhutto said she was concerned that the army would find an excuse to postpone the voting and that her first priority was seeing that the democratic process continued.
''I am clear in my mind that this action was a quasi-military intervention, and now it is up to all the friends of democracy, inside and outside Pakistan, to insure that Pakistan does not deviate from the democratic process,'' she said.
She said she wanted to guard against ''the victimization'' of her political supporters, urging them not to provoke the military, which had now placed her political opponents, instead of a neutral caretaker regime, in power.
''We've had many military interventions, and each time there is a military intervention the politicians are accused of corruption and are prohibited from taking part in politics,'' she said.
Ms. Bhutto said she had tried to coexist with the military, which she said ''had made every effort to subvert my Government.''
'All Kinds of Accusations'
''They asked to look after Afghanistan,'' she said. ''I'm not very happy with the way they were handling it, but I allowed them. Again, I didn't give them a pretense. I allowed them great liberties.
''Every attempt was made to destabilize my Government. A no-confidence move was tried, attempts were made to get people onto the streets, all kinds of accusations were made against us. Even an attempt was made to create a dissident group within the P.P.P.
