Aitzaz, Kurd, Tariq to be freed within 72 hours

ISLAMABAD: The government will release Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan, Advocate Ali Ahmed Kurd, Justice (r) Tariq Mehmood and other detainees in the next 72 hours, caretaker Interior Minister Lt Gen (r) Hamid Nawaz said on Wednesday. He said the government had released 6,000 political activists and lawyers, adding that the provinces had been directed to follow the code of conduct during the electoral process.