Detained Pakistan opposition to be freed
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Pakistan's chief justice on Thursday ordered the immediate release of detained opposition members as President Gen. Pervez Musharraf formalized his controversial candidacy for a new five-year term.
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A Pakistani court on Wednesday ordered the release of the husband of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto on bail a day after he was re-arrested for failing to attend a court hearing.
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The arrest on Pakistani soil shows the challenges facing Pervez Musharraf's government.
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The husband of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was released from detention on bail Monday in a move that could improve relations between the country&#39;s military leader and one of its main parties.
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Hundreds of Pakistanis jailed for fighting alongside the Taliban were released from an Afghan prison Sunday &#151; a major gesture meant to better strained relations between the neighboring countries.
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan  - Thirty-five Pakistanis freed  from the U.S. Guantanamo Bay prison camp arrived home on  Saturday and were taken straight to prison for further  interrogation, the interior minister said.
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A Pakistani court on Wednesday ordered  the release of the husband of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto  on bail a day after he was re-arrested for failing to attend a  court hearing.
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KABUL -- Taliban-linked militants holding three UN hostages said yesterday the Afghan government has agreed to free some of their jailed comrades to prevent the killing of the foreign captives. Afghan state television reported that President Hamid Karzai had decreed the release of prisoners for Eid, the end of the Muslim fasting month, expected on Sunday. But there was no ...
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A Pakistani court on Tuesday ordered the re-arrest of the husband of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto after he failed to appear at a bail hearing in a murder case against him, his lawyers said.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 27 -- Pakistan's chief justice ordered the release of hundreds of jailed opposition activists Thursday, while President Pervez Musharraf formally jumped into the race for another term despite a candidacy that remains in legal limbo.
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Pakistani police have arrested more than a dozen opposition activists in a bid to scupper protests against President Pervez Musharraf's plans for re-election on October 6, officials said.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - With President Pervez Musharraf facing an election in just two weeks, police last night arrested key opposition leaders who had vowed to try to block the general's plans for winning a new term.
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A Pakistani lawyer who spearheaded opposition to President Pervez Musharraf was temporarily released from detention for a Muslim holiday on Thursday and vowed to press ahead with his campaign.
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The husband of the former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto was put under house detention yesterday as a court ordered his arrest in a murder case, just a month after he had been freed on bail.
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A British national held in detention in Pakistan without charge for more than a year is released, Human Rights Watch says.
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ISLAMABAD, 25 August 2004 - Afghan President Hamid Karzai yesterday announced he would free the last 400 Pakistanis who fought alongside the Taleban and had been languishing in decrepit Afghan jails since late 2001.
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A Pakistani court has granted bail to the husband of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, which should result in his release after eight years in prison.