700 in Pak jail without charges

Pakistan's top law officer yesterday disclosed for the first time that security agencies are holding at least 700 people indefinitely without trial in connection with the "war on terror".
Attorney General Irfan Qadir told the Supreme Court the suspects were arrested in the semi-autonomous northwestern tribal belt, where the military has been fighting Islamist militants for around a decade.
He said none of the suspects could be freed until the end of operations in the tribal belt.
Pakistan's top court is investigating the fate of seven suspects who have been held without trial since 2007 even though a judge ordered their release in May 2010.