Tiger triggers protests

The family of Pakistan's main Opposition leader has come under fire for importing a Siberian tiger and housing the animal expensively at a private zoo in the middle of a sizzling summer.

Sulieman Sharif, a nephew of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and son of the popular Chief Minister of Punjab province, Shahbaz Sharif imported the tiger last month.

The cost of the air-conditioning triggered a media uproar because few Pakistanis can afford such luxuries and people are suffering power shortages.

Sulieman's private secretary said the family had decided to give the animal to the Government of Northwest Frontier Province, where temperatures in the mountains are significantly cooler.