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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-24-08 04:11 PM
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Pakistan chief justice released
Source: al Jazeera

One of Pakistan's most senior judges has been released from house arrest on the instruction of the newly appointed prime minister.

Crowds of supporters thronged the home of Iftikhar Chaudhry, the chief justice of the supreme court, on Monday after Yousuf Gilani ordered that the judge be freed.

The move is seen as further jeopardising the authority of Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's president.

Gilani, a former parliament speaker and aide to the late Benazir Bhutto, ordered the release of all the judges detained under a state of emergency in the run up to elections earlier in the year.

Read more: http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/A1A06C7B-3017-4098-B22A-098A7FB10436.htm
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