The chief judge trying the case of an Afghan man for converting from Islam to Christianity today criticised international calls for his release, saying no one has the right to exert pressure on the court.

FRIGHTENED pilgrims streamed out of a remote village in southwestern Pakistan yesterday following a bomb attack on a Shi’ite shrine.

Frightened pilgrims crammed into buses leaving a remote village in southwestern Pakistan today as relatives sifted for signs of loved ones killed in a brutal bombing.