Pakistan's military government said it was releasing the leader of the country's main Islamic party on medical grounds. Jamaat-e-Islamic party chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed, detained in North West Frontier province since November, was at the forefront of protests by religious parties opposed to Pakistan's support for U.S.-led military strikes on Afghanistan. "He is being released on medical grounds," advocate-general of North West Frontier province Qazi Rashidul Haq told the Supreme Court, where defense lawyers had sought Ahmed's release because of a suspected heart ailment. The court heard Ahmed would undergo medical treatment at a cardiovascular institute in Lahore, capital of the central province of Punjab.
"He was sprung for medical reasons. They were sick of him." Betcha his heart heals up enough so he's back ranting from a podium in a week or two. |