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Bhagwandas released

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Ex-Supreme Court judge Rana Bhagwandas in Karachi on Wednesday.

Karachi: The former Pakistan Supreme Court judge, Rana Bhagwandas, was on Wednesday freed from house arrest ahead of a planned protest by lawyers against his detention.

Mr. Bhagwandas was confined to his house shortly after he addressed a meeting of the local bar association on Saturday, urging lawyers to boycott judges who had endorsed last year’s emergency.

“The government has realised its mistake and has ended my detention,” said Mr. Bhagwandas soon after he heard that his detentions had ended.

The judge was also placed under house arrest last year shortly after General (retd.) Musharraf imposed emergency on November 3. He left the Judges Colony in Islamabad after he reached the age of retirement last month and joined his family in Karachi.

After his second spell of house arrest, police claimed he had been placed in protective custody in view of threats to his life.

Speaking to reporters about his future plans, Mr. Bhagwandas said he intended to engage in social work for a few hours every day and concentrate on writing his memoirs. — PTI

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