Bhutto released from house arrest

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Source: CCTV.com | 11-16-2007 15:45

Pakistani authorities freed former premier Benazir Bhutto.(AFP/Farooq Naeem)

The political unrest in Pakistan has made world headlines since its president Pervez Musharraf imposed emergency rule on November the third. We now take a brief look at the latest events there.

Pakistani authorities have lifted the house arrest imposed on former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

The house arrest was to prevent Bhutto from leading a rally against President Musharraf's emergency rule.

Local media say the government made the decision ahead of a visit by US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte to urge the country to lift the emergency rule.

Editor:Zhang Pengfei