Firebrand Pakistani lawyer and president of the Supreme Court Bar Association Aitzaz Ahsan's 120-day-long house arrest came to an end when the provincial government decided not to extend his detention orders any further.
Soon after his release on Sunday night, the lawyer, who fought former chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry's case in the Apex Court against presidential reference, warned the incoming Parliament to restore the judges, failing which the lawyers and masses will take to the streets.
The Punjab home department removed the police cordon and barricades placed outside Aitzaz's Zaman Park residence, local daily The News reported on Monday.
Home Secretary Khusro Pervez said that the government had decided to release Aitzaz Ahsan following the completion of the first