Sindh court frees Zardari again on bail

The husband of Pakistani Opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, Asif Ali Zardari, was freed on Wednesday, a day after his re-arrest looked to have dimmed hopes for reconciliation with military ruler President Pervez Musharraf.

Zardari was arrested on Tuesday after failing to appear at a bail hearing in a murder case against him. The Sindh high court suspended Tuesday’s decision of an anti-terrorism court and ordered Zardari’s release from house arrest in Karachi on Rs 3 lakh bail. At a news conference after police guards withdrew from his residence, Zardari said he could not identify those behind his latest detention, but added: “I can definitely think there is some power behind it.” “We are not confrontationalists,” he said.