Al-Qaeda 'harbourers' released

Two men held in detention in Pakistan for nearly six months on suspicion of involvement with the al-Qaeda organisation have been released from prison - almost a week after they were acquitted of the last charges remaining against them.

The Supreme Court ruled on Saturday that the detention of Ahmad Javed Khawaja and his brother Naveed could not be extended under existing security laws, which provide for detention without trial.

They were arrested last December under suspicion of sheltering several al-Qaeda members.

There were not charged with al-Qaeda links, but with possession of illegal weapons and foreign passports.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service