Posted on 03/24/2008 9:36:19 AM PDT by SmithL
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistan's state-run news agency is quoting a senior Islamabad administrator as saying that all judges detained under the government of President Pervez Musharraf are free.
His announcement came after newly elected Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani told parliament he wanted the judges released immediately.
The report quotes 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."
President Pervez Musharraf fired 60 judges in November under a state of emergency.
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