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New Pakistani prime minister frees judges


Published: March 24, 2008 at 3:31 PM
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, March 24 (UPI) -- Pakistani judges arrested under emergency rule were freed Monday by new Pakistani Prime Minister Yusef Rasa Gillani.

Gillani, of the Pakistan People's Party, announced the judges' release minutes after being elected prime minister by Pakistani lawmakers, the BBC reported. It is the first time in 12 years the PPP will lead the government.

Dozens of judges were detained in November when President Pervez Musharraf declared of a state of emergency. Musharraf fired the judges because the Supreme Court was prepared to rule on whether his re-election as president was legal.

Gillani also pledged to seek a resolution calling for an investigation by the United Nations into the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

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