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Five more women freed from jail

KARACHI, July 15 2006: An additional five female inmates were released Friday from Karachi WomenÂ’s Jail under the recently promulgated Presidential ordinance. Those who were freed are: Naseem Akhtar, wife of Gul Sadabahar (murder case); Gul Noor alias Malaika, wife of Khurram (theft case); Uzma alias Saima Khan, wife of Salim Khan (Hudood/Zina ordinance); Huma, wife of Javed (Hudood/Zina ordinance); and Shumaila, daughter of Umer Din (murder case). Sindh Home Minister Rauf Siddiqui said the process of release of women languishing in jails had started and on Thursday, 11 women were set free from Karachi women prison. PPI
Source: Daily Times
Date:7/15/2006