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Abid Hussain

More than a dozen Pakistani judges receive letters with ‘toxic’ powder

Police officers stand guard outside the Islamabad High Court in Islamabad [File: Anjum Naveed/AP]

Islamabad, Pakistan – More than a dozen senior judges in Pakistan have received letters containing a suspicious white powder since Tuesday, prompting an investigation by the authorities.

On Tuesday, all the eight judges of the Islamabad High Court received similar mails, with a note in English criticising the “justice system of Pakistan” and even mentioning the term, bacillus anthracis, according to a first information report (FIR) filed by the police in the capital, Islamabad.

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