Nepal's government has extended by two months the house arrest of five top political leaders who were detained after the king sacked the government and took power on Feb. 1, officials said on Friday. The order came just days before political parties planned to protest in the capital Katmandu to demand that the government free political leaders, withdraw emergency rule and restore democracy.Since Feb 1, police have surrounded the homes of the five political leaders. They have been banned from meeting people, reading newspapers or watching television. Their house arrests had been due to end this week, but authorities extended them by two more months, officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity. The leaders under house arrest include the heads of the country's mainstream political parties: Girija Prasad Koirala, president of Nepali Congress, Madhav Nepal, of United Marxist Leninist Communist Party of Nepal and Sher Bahadur Deuba of Nepali Congress (Democratic) party.