Pakistan Frees Detained Judges, Report Says
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ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s state-run news agency is quoting a senior Islamabad administrator as saying that all judges detained under the government of President Musharraf are free.
His announcement came after the newly elected prime minister, Yousaf Raza Gilani, told parliament he wanted the judges released immediately.
The report quotes a deputy Islamabad commissioner, Amir Ahmed Ali, as saying “the order of the prime minister has been implemented and all deposed judges are free to move.”
Mr. Musharraf fired 60 judges in November under a state of emergency.
