A Pakistani court has thrown out charges of attempted murder against a nine-month-old baby, in a case that highlighted endemic flaws in the country’s legal system and provoked widespread ridicule.

The owner of a Tandoori restaurant was convicted of employing a Pakistani without a work permit despite his claims the worker had simply gone behind the counter to help out for a short period.

A PAKISTANI anti-terrorism court convicted four men yesterday of organising last year's suicide bomb attack on the US consulate in the port city of Karachi, and handed death sentences to two of them.