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Lahore: A prominent opposition lawyer who had been under house arrest since President Pervez Musharraf declared a state of emergency more than three months ago was freed yesterday, police said.
Aitzaz Ahsan said the police who had been restricting him to his home in Lahore have left.
Aftab Cheema, a senior police officer in Lahore, the capital of Punjab province, said Ahsan could again travel freely.
He gave no reason why Ahsan was being freed, saying only that police were complying with a government order.
Ahsan's release could signal a softening of the government's stance against its critics.
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