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| Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto has been released from house arrest in the capital, Islamabad. | Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto has been released from house arrest in the capital, Islamabad. |
| The order was imposed early on Friday, blocking Ms Bhutto's attempt to lead a rally against the emergency rule declared by President Pervez Musharraf. | The order was imposed early on Friday, blocking Ms Bhutto's attempt to lead a rally against the emergency rule declared by President Pervez Musharraf. |
| The United States had criticised the move saying that she must be "permitted freedom of movement." | The United States had criticised the move saying that she must be "permitted freedom of movement." |
| Ms Bhutto has vowed to wage a campaign aimed at forcing General Musharraf to stand down as head of the army. | Ms Bhutto has vowed to wage a campaign aimed at forcing General Musharraf to stand down as head of the army. |
| A three-day detention order was served on the former prime minister after she tried to cross the heavy police cordon set up outside her home on Friday. | |
| Police had surrounded the house early in the morning with roadblocks and coils of barbed wire to prevent her from addressing a rally in the neighbouring city of Rawalpindi. | |
| Under emergency rule announced last week, such public gatherings have been banned. |