In a huge relief to former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Muhammad Safdar, the Islamabad High Court on Wednesday suspended their prison sentences in a corruption case and ordered their release.

Violent protests erupted across Pakistan on Saturday after security forces launched an early-morning crackdown on thousands of religious demonstrators camped on a highway in the capital in which a policeman was killed and 200 hundred people were injured.

In yet another shocker for Pakistan, an intelligence officer has accused the country's own agencies of "protecting" the terrorists. He also filed a petition seeking thorough probe in the matter, said a media report.

Uzma Ahmed, Indian woman who was allegedly forced to marry a Pakistani man, returned from Pakistan on Thursday morning, a day after the Islamabad High Court allowed her deportation.

Indian woman Uzma Jan, who was allegedly forced to marry a Pakistani man, Tahir Ali, has been allowed to return to India by the Islamabad High Court.