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Pakistan PM's First Move Flouts Musharraf

Gilani takes office, orders judges jailed by president freed

By Sam Gale Rosen,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 24, 2008 4:01 PM CDT

(Newser) – Yousaf Raza Gilani ordered the release of 60 judges detained by Pervez Musharraf only minutes after being elected Pakistan's prime minister today, CBS reports. The president replaced the judges with a friendlier crop after imposing a state of emergency in November. If the freed justices...   Read full story »

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