is admitted to the Jinnah Hospital while the police are grilling her aunt Saleema Bibi. Police had recovered the victim from a house in cooperation with the Child Protection Bureau on Tuesday. The victim told the reporters that the landlord kept her busy in doing chores the whole day and did not let her sleep. She said she was not allowed to go out of the house.
Drug case hearing against Asif Zardari postponed
By our correspondent
LAHORE: A division bench of Lahore High Court on Wednesday postponed till May 7 the hearing of a petition moved by former president Asif Ali Zardari seeking quashing of a drug case against him. The bench comprising Justice Sardar Tariq Masood and Justice Mirza Viqas Rauf deferred the hearing as Zardari’s counsel did not appear in the court because he was busy before the Supreme Court. According to the prosecution, the drugs case against Asif Zardari was made when he was in Karachi jail because of other cases. Qila Gujjar Singh police had registered an FIR 525 against three accused Asif Ali Zardari, Arif Baloch and Shorang Khan on Sept 23, 1998. Zardari was implicated in the case after the confessional statement of accused Arif and Shorang who undertook that Asif Zardari provided drugs to them to smuggle abroad. Asif Zardari had approached the LHC for quashing the case. An additional district and sessions judge acquitted him of the drugs case after accepting his application.
Report says slain militant had filmed himself planting IED
By our correspondent
PESHAWAR: The militant who planted an improvised explosive device (IED) in Hayatabad made a video of his act, probably to show it to his seniors, a source told The News. The source added that when the IED didn’t go off to target a vehicle of security force, the militant went close to it to check the explosive but it went off. The suspected teenage militant, said to be a 16-year-old boy from the Khyber Agency, was killed in the blast while a woman schoolteacher passing by was wounded. The source said that a remote-controlled device was also recovered from the militant. “His cellphone was not having any SIM card but only six contact numbers, all from the Khyber Agency,” said the source.
Abid Sher Ali orders repair
of ACs at Lady Reading Hospital
By our correspondent
PESHAWAR: Minister of State for Water and Power Abid Sher Ali visited the Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) in Peshawar and inquired after the health of victims of windstorm. He met with all the injured and prayed for their early recovery. The state minister took notice of the out of order air conditioners at the Surgical Ward of the hospital. He directed the Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) officials to repair the air conditioners within 24 hours. The Pesco officials started the repair of the faulty air conditioners forthwith.
Case against extortionist registered
By our correspondent
MARDAN: The City Police Station has lodged a report against an alleged militant for demanding Rs4 million extortion from a doctor. Dr Pir Alam Saeed told the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) that he was living at Sheikh Maltoon Town. He said an unidentified man, who posed as a member of Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, demanded Rs4 million from him and threatened him with dire consequences if the money was not paid.
Lynching case accused remanded
By our correspondent
LAHORE: The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Wednesday handed over 47 accused involved in Youhanabad lynching case to police on a 10-day remand. Police produced the accused before the court contending that the accused were identified during the identification parade held at Kot Lakhpat Jail. It was further stated that after the identification parade, the arrest of the accused had been registered.