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Action after Kasur Suspect has been apprehended, now it is time for justice to take its course. The Kasur tragedy has shocked the nation, opened a necessary national dialogue on the terrible scourge of child sexual assault and perhaps helped pave a path to social and state reform. The authorities in Punjab, including Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif in a rather distasteful, triumphant news conference on Tuesday, have announced the arrest of a suspect in the case of sexual assault and murder of young Zainab Amin. The suspect, Imran Ali, is also believed to be responsible for the assault and murder of other young children, and yesterday he was presented in an anti terrorism court. Investigators have an initial 14 days to assemble the evidence against the suspected killer. DNA test results could be the irrefutable proof that connects him to the horrific crimes he is accused of having committed, but it is necessary that all aspects of the investigation be conducted professionally and wi

Pakistan condemns Unilateral US drone Strike  Two killed in Pre-dawn attack on Afghan refugee camp in Kurram Agency: FO By Bqir Sajjad Syed & Hassan Mehmood ISLAMABAD/KALAYA: Pakistan on Wednesday condemned a US drone strike deep inside its territory targeting an Afghan refugee camp and warned Washington that such unilateral steps would be detrimental to cooperation between the two countries in fight against terrorism. This was the first US Drone strike inside Pakistani territory over the past 19 months, the Foreign Office confirmed, as none of the over one dozen attacks by the unmanned vehicle reported in the media during this period had drawn official condemnation from Pakistan's FO. "Pakistan condemns a drone strike in Kurram Agency carried out by the Resolve Support mission (RSM) this Wednesday morning, witch targeted an Afghan refugee camp" the FO stamen said.  Area residents told Dawn that an unmanned plane fired missiles on a mud house in