Aitzaz Ahsan (C), president of Pakistan's Supreme Court Bar Association and a leader of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) of slain former premier Benazir Bhutto, raises his fist while anti-Musharraf lawyers carry him outside a court in Rawalpindi on March 6, 2008. Ahsan was released over the weekend after being under house arrest following President Pervez Musharraf's imposition of an emergency rule on November 3 and the sacking of scores of judges. Getty Images logo Getty Images 20 months ago

Aitzaz Ahsan (C), president of Pakistan's Supreme Court Bar Association and a leader of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) of slain former premier Benazir Bhutto, raises his fist while anti-Musharraf lawyers carry him outside a court in Rawalpindi on March 6, 2008. Ahsan was released over the weekend after being under house arrest following President Pervez Musharraf's imposition of an emergency rule on November 3 and the sacking of scores of judges.

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