Bhutto freed from house arrest
Lahore,
Pakistan,
Bamako,
Mali,
Nov.
16
:
Pakistan
authorities
today
freed
opposition
leader
Benazir
Bhutto
from
house
arrest
in
the
early
hours
of
the
morning.
She was freed just hours after Musharraf appointed Senate chairman Mohammadmian Soomro, a close ally, as caretaker prime minister to oversee the election. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on November 15 said that he would contest the upcoming general election from two constituencies.
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Story first published: Monday, November 19, 2007, 12:52 [IST]