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Pakistan releases over 5,000 emergency prisoners
ISLAMABAD - Pakistani authorities have released more than 5,000 lawyers, political workers and rights activists who were arrested under emergency rule, an aide to the law minister said on Wednesday.A total of 5,757 people have been detained since President Pervez Musharraf declared a state of emergency on November 3, said Sarwar Hayat, an aide to caretaker law minister Afzal Haider. Some 5,134 people have been released up to 7:00 pm (1400 GMT) today, he said. Of the remaining 623, he said 202 were lawyers while 421 were either students or political workers. Their release is also under consideration and it is expected that they would be freed in a few days, he added. Posted by: Steve White 2007-11-22 |
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