21.   Women must wear a garment called a burqa, that envelops them from head to toe.

22.   In a ruling given last week, the court said that wearing such garments did not in itself break the law or go against the constitution.

23.   Both hostages were wearing Kashmiri garments and were sitting in a field guarded by a masked man with a semi-automatic rifle.

24.   Mobile patrols of religious police ensure women wear the garment and jeep-mounted loadspeakers hurl Islamic declarations at women whose ankles peep out from under the garment.

25.   Seven have since agreed not to wear the garment to school and have been allowed back into lessons.

26.   The agency urged consumers to stop wearing garments they believe may be involved in this recall and to return them to stores.