Rasoolpur (Uttar Pradesh), August 20 : Vishwanath, an Indian prisoner who is mentally-disabled reached his native village Rasoolpur in Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh today after spending 20 years in Pakistan Jail.

Police handed over Vishwanath to his family on Monday evening.

It is believed that Vishwanath has become mentally unstable; allegedly due to torture and atrocities he faced in the prison, where he was lodged in Pakistan.

"They beat me up on one day and locked me for another five days. They give me one square meal a day," said Vishwanath.

Vishwanath''s father says he looked for his missing son at various places but couldn''t find him.

Karachi - Pakistani stocks sank on Wednesday as the fragile parliamentary coalition failed to reach consensus to restore deposed Supreme Court judges fired by former president Pervez Musharraf, traders said.

The benchmark KSE-100 Index fell 3.6 per cent or 393 points to close at 10,525 as investors anticipated a new era of jockeying over the fate of judges and the appointment of a new president.

"We thought Musharraf's resignation will bring stability and calm but it looks like the turf battle between the coalition partners will set towards another path of instability," said Aqeel Karim Dhedhi, the chairman of AKD Securities.

Islamabad - Shiite Muslims on Wednesday protested a suicide bombing outside a hospital in north-western Pakistan, calling the attack a conspiracy against the country that aimed to fan sectarian hatred.

A suicide bomber on Tuesday detonated explosives he was carrying after infiltrating a crowd of Shiite Muslims in Dera Ismail Khan, killing 32 people and injuring at least
20.

The crowd had gathered at the hospital where the body of a local Shiite leader was brought after he was gunned down earlier in the day.

A Shiite umbrella organization Tuesday night announced three days of mourning, called for peaceful protests throughout the country and appealed for forging unity "to save the country."

Karachi, Aug 20 : With the arrest of three persons, the Karachi Police have unearthed a graveyard scam in which the employees of Sakhi Hasan graveyard dug up old graves, sold away their skeletons and also the graves to new “customers” for anything between Rs11,000 and Rs15,000.

Burial of dead bodies was banned in the graveyard in 2003, but some undertakers there used to arrange burials against payment.

Consequently, a raid was conducted at the graveyard during which the police arrested three suspects — Khadim Hussain (assistant contractor of the graveyard), Yar Mohammed (watchman) and Riaz (grave digger) — and took them to investigation unit.

Karachi, Aug 20 : With former President Pervez Musharraf rendered powerless after his resignation, his King Party the PML-Q’s leaders have also gone into oblivion as some of them escaping into self-exile while others disappearing from the political scene.

Musharraf’s exit has forced the rest to duck for cover, the Daily Times reported and added that however, they are facing difficulties seeking political shelter, as their only option of joining the PML-N is a far cry since the party is reluctant to accept them for different reasons.

Islamabad, Aug. 20 : Muttahida Qami Movement leader Altaf Hussain believes that Pakistan People''s Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari should be the frontrunner for the office of president.

Hussain told Geo TV that Zardari was the right person for the presidential slot.

The ruling coalition, including the PPP and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), has remained divided over the presidential candidacy after former President Pervez Musharraf announced his resignation on Monday.