Pakistan: Imran Khan escapes from house arrest (former cricket captain)

LAHORE: Former cricketer and leader of the Pakistan Tehrik Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan has reportedly managed to escape from his house here on Sunday after he was put under house arrest in the wake of the imposition of Emergency.

"He was detained along with eight supporters at the house. The supporters are at home but he has slipped away," his close relative told a foreign news agency.

Khan was put under house arrest hours after President Pervez Musharraf tried to justify the imposition of Emergency in the country and was kept confined at his home in Lahore.

The former skipper of the Pakistan cricket team, which brought the World Cup to Pakistan in 1992, had launched a verbal diatribe on Saturday against Musharraf, soon after the imposition of Emergency.


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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Imran_Khan_escapes_from_house_arrest/articleshow/2517638.cms

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Yes, it is good news, but the news about the 1,500 lawyers rounded up, is very distressing. :-(

lots of lawyers protesting and being arrested. Mushie is history.

Here's an article about the army grumbling:

Army may not fall in behind Musharraf Font Size: Decrease Increase Print Page: Print Bruce Loudon, South Asia correspondent | November 05, 2007
RUMBLINGS of discontent in the Pakistan army were reported last night after President Pervez Musharraf adopted emergency powers to forestall a Supreme Court judgment that would have declared his rule unlawful.

Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, whose attempted sacking seven months ago provoked the series of crises leading to yesterday's emergency declaration, was marched out of the white marble Supreme Court building in Islamabad and placed under house arrest.

National and provincial assembly elections scheduled for January are unlikely to go ahead after Deputy Information Minister Tariq Azeem said last night the timetable may be "adjusted". The decree extended the tenure of national and provincial parliaments due to expire next week.

"Elections will be held but the dates may be adjusted because of emergency rule in the country," Mr Azeem said.

Declaring emergency rule, General Musharraf cited a need to rein in the judiciary and thwart the drive by al-Qa'ida- and Taliban-linked Islamic suicide bombers to create mayhem across the country.

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http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22702940-2703,00.html

Hope he stays safe.