UNB, Lahore
The government lifted the house arrest of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, police said Friday, hours before the arrival in Pakistan of a senior U.S. official expected to urge the country’s military leader to end emergency rule. President Gen. Pervez Musharraf meanwhile pressed ahead with plans for parliamentary elections, despite the threat of an opposition boycott, by swearing in a caretaker administration. Police said the detention order against Bhutto was withdrawn overnight.
“The house is no longer a sub-jail but security will remain for her own protection. [Read more]