Pakistan released a pro-Taliban Jamat Ulema Islami's faction leader Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman who was detained three months ago for his support to the Afghan militia. Reports from Dhera Ismail Khan, in North West Frontier Province (NWFP) said Rehman was released as a gesture of goodwill on the eve of Eid festival. He was asked to confine his activities to his residence and not to move outside. Rehman was detained for organising violent demonstrations opposing American military action against Taliban and Pakistan's decision to withdraw its support to the Afghan militia. Another leader of Jamat-e-Islami, Qazi Ahmed Hussain, continued to be in detention, while yet another leader, Samuel Haq, has been released to go to Mecca.
Gosh. That was a stern lesson, by golly. |