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Amid blasphemy and bankruptcy, religious extremism continues to dominate P
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Pakistan is on the verge of bankruptcy and is roiled by several crises such as food shortage, high inflation, shrinking trade, unemployment, power outage, political instability, and growing debt. Yet, the focus has been on making religious punishments more rigorous.
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Pakistan court sentences man to death for blasphemy in Peshawar
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
The man was arrested by the FIA Counter-Terrorism Wing, Islamabad, on October 27, 2021, under the Pakistan Penal Code's sections 295-A (insulting religious beliefs), 295-C (use of derogatory remarks in respect of Holy Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him) and 298-A (derogatory remarks in r
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India slams Pakistan at UNHRC, warns against spreading propaganda, attempt
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Indian diplomat said that the democracy of India is mature enough to address any issues, including those instigated from outside. He said that minorities in Pakistan face blasphemy laws, systemic persecution, discrimination, denial of basic rights and freedoms, enforced disappearances and ki
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UN: Pakistan Mission flooded with calls for protection of Christians
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Letters of protest by the organizations point to the systematic persecution of Christians, resulting in unjust punishments citing blasphemy, forced marriages of young Christian girls to older Muslim men, forced conversions in various parts of Pakistan and usurping of land and belongings of C
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Pakistan chose extremist Islam over economic stability: Report
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
In 2020, Pakistan threatened legal action against Google and Wikipedia for "disseminating sacrilegious content," regarding Islamic beliefs held by minority Muslim sects.
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Pakistan: Mob storms Nankana Sahib police station, lynches man accused of
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Videos shared on social media showed hundreds of youngsters besieging the police compound, with one man scaling a tall gate using a ladder and opening its lock.
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Christians demand removal of Pak Religious Affairs Minister for promoting
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Christians in Pakistan have been facing systematic persecution as not only their churches were being targeted but also girls who are being kidnapped and forcibly converted to Islam.
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Blasphemy law amendment to create room for persecution: Pak rights group
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The HRCP said the proposed legislation increases the punishment for using derogatory remarks against "holy persons" from three years with a fine to imprisonment for life 'which will not be less than ten years'.
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Pak boy charged with blasphemy for calling god "cruel" on social media
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The danger of blasphemy laws in Pakistan is that blasphemy is not clearly defined, writes Marco Respinti for Bitter Winter. This latest case which last month is a clear example of this ambiguity.
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'Shameful': Former Pak President Zardari takes note of blasphemy charge ag
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Former Pakistan President and Pakistan People's Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday took notice of an incident at the Karachi airport where a female security officer belonging to a minority community was threatened by a man with a blasphemy charge, reported Pakistan's The Ne
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Telangana BJP chief links Ayyappa Swamy remark row to Munawar Fariqui; say
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief in Telangana Bandi Kumar Sanjay on Saturday alleged state chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao for allegedly "encouraging blasphemy" without taking any action.
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Canadian Minister responds to World Sindhi Congress petition about human r
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Canada's MP Garnett Genuis presented the petition in the parliament about the Notan Lal case, misuse of blasphemy law against minorities, abduction, and forced conversion of young girls.
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