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A Sindh High Court bench has ruled that the Pakistan Coast Guards (PCG) have no powers to prosecute suspects for drug peddling. — Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons/File KARACHI: A Sindh High Court bench has ruled that the Pakistan Coast Guards (PCG) have no powers to prosecute suspects for drug peddling, but to hand them over to the in-charge of the nearest police station after arresting them along with the seized drugs. Comprising Justice Nazar Akbar and Justice Zulfiqar Ahmad Khan, the two-j...

Muslim-majority Baghdad hit by string of liquor store blasts AFP, BAGHDAD Escalating attacks on the Iraqi capital’s few liquor stores have terrified shop-owners who fear hardline Islamists are flexing their muscle against alcohol consumption. However, there might be a bigger story behind the Baghdad booze bombings, as some suspect turf wars for control of the lucrative niche trade in the Muslim-majority country. Over the past two months, at least 14 alcohol shops across the city have been fir...