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A show in Pakistan has given away two baby girls on television. The show is called Aman Ramzan and it is hosted by a celebrity Aamir Liaquat Hussain. Mr Hussain gave the two to two childless last month. Mr Hussain's show is famous for giving away computers, motorbikes and other . Many people believe he gave away the babies so that more people would his show during Ramadan. TV companies do their best during Ramadan to get people to watch their programmes. CNN said the baby worked for Mr Hussain because he got numbers of people watching his show. He plans to up last month's show by giving away a baby boy next week.

The two babies were abandoned at one of Karachi's rubbish . A welfare organisation them. A spokesman for the charity said: "Our team finds babies on the street, in garbage bins. Some of them dead, others mauled by . So why not ensure the baby is kept and gets a good home?" He explained that he did research on the new , saying: "The couples were already and had four or five sessions with us." New mother Soraya Bilquis said she and her husband for 17 years to get a child of their own. She looked at her new baby and said: "My life is now because of her. I can't describe how happy I am because someone will up and call me mother."

 
 

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