Umme Rubab case: Properties of absconding suspects to be seized.

KARACHI -- The Supreme Court has ordered the authorities to seize the properties of the absconding suspects in a triple murder case, which is being pursued by a Sindhi woman named Umme Rubab.

The Sindh police have been given six weeks to arrest the suspects and present a report in court.

The suspects are in Pakistan, remarked Justice Faisal Arab. 'Why haven't they been arrested?'

The Sindh IG said they had written a letter to the Balochistan government for the arrest of the suspects but they didn't get a reply. The court ordered the Frontier Corps to help arrest the suspects.

The struggle of Umme Rubab, who hails from Dadu, was highlighted after she was photographed walking barefoot to court in protest against the control of tribal chiefs in the province.

She has been pursuing a case against tribal chiefs over the killing...

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