Pakistan stops US Ambassador Annie Patterson from seeing Aitzaz Ahsan

Police stopped U.S. Ambassador Anne Patterson on Monday from meeting Aitzaz Ahsan, who has been placed under house arrest since Nov 3rd. Ahsan was detained under emergency powers invoked by President Musharraf on November 3. The legal counsel for CJP Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry was held at Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi for nearly three weeks before being transferred to house arrest in Lahore and was even allowed to file nomination papers for a parliamentary election set for January 8.

Patterson had requested permission days earlier to meet Ahsan. When the envoy arrived at Ahsan’s home she was barred from seeing him, but was allowed to meet his wife, Bushra, along with several lawyers in another part of the house. “The ambassador met Bushra Aitzaz to express concern and repeated U.S. calls for all detainees to be released, including Aitzaz Ahsan,.


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    Americans. Stop this Drama …

    Pakistani’s think that all of this civilians crush is sponsered from you.