HRW asks govt to free political workers

Published September 10, 2007

ISLAMABAD, Sept 9: Pakistan should immediately release hundreds of opposition activists rounded up in a crackdown ahead of the planned return of former premier Nawaz Sharif, Human Rights Watch said on Sunday.

The New York-based organisation said that President Pervez Musharraf should not seek to undermine Pakistan’s legal system by having Sharif himself locked up on Monday, when he is expected to arrive in Islamabad.—AFP

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