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Pakistan's minorities in shambles, continue to suffer
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 12 (ANI): Pakistan has failed to uphold the promise which was everything for minorities that is safeguarding fundamental rights and freedom of religious minorities which was promised on August 11, 1947, but they still continue to suffer.
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Pakistan Police arrest 3 under controversial blasphemy law
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 8 (ANI): Pakistan Police have arrested three people under controversial blasphemy law for allegedly desecrating the holy Quran in Abbottabad and Havelian.
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Time for EU to question Pakistan's GSP+ status, say experts
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], July 30 (ANI): Pakistan's blasphemy laws are used and abused by extremist Islamic groups to persecute members of non-Muslim minorities and whoever tries to combat this religiously motivated instrumentalization is at risk of losing their lives, experts from a non-governme
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Brussels conference condemns Pakistan's controversial blasphemy laws, equa
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], July 30 (ANI): A Brussels press club conference on Thursday condemned Pakistan's highly controversial blasphemy laws and equated the legislation to ethnic cleansing.
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European Parliament to withdraw Pakistan's GSP+ status over abuse of blasp
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], July 26 (ANI): Amid abuse of the blasphemy laws and cases widely reported across Pakistan, the European Parliament has moved to withdraw Islamabad's GSP+ status.
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European members of parliament seek Pak EU envoy's intervention for releas
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], July 14 (ANI): Several members of European parliament have written to Zaheer Aslam Janjus, ambassador of Pakistan to the European Union, seeking his intervention in an alleged blasphemy case against Shahzad Masih so that the accused is released and compensation is given t
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Pakistani cop held for murdering man acquitted of blasphemy charges
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], July 4 (ANI): A Punjab police constable was arrested on Saturday for murdering a man who was acquitted of blasphemy charges last year.
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Pakistan court sentences man to death for killing his employer over blasph
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 30 (ANI): A Pakistan anti-terrorism court has sentenced a man to death for killing his employer over blasphemy allegations.
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Budget brawl in National Assembly uncovers duplicity of Pak's blasphemy la
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 24 (ANI): Pakistan's National Assembly which witnessed a brawl between the government and opposition parliamentarians last week during the federal budget discussion, has uncovered Pakistan's duplicity over the country's blasphemy laws that carry the death penalty.
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It is dangerous to be an Ahmadi in Pakistan, says US expert
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 21 (ANI): On the issue of Ahmadi Muslims being a routine target of blasphemy laws in Pakistan, Knox Thames, a former US adviser on religious minorities in Asia, said that it has become quite dangerous to be an Ahmadi in Pakistan.
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Pak's blasphemy laws continue to target Christian population
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 8 (ANI): Despite international condemnation over Pakistan's draconian blasphemy laws, which carry the death penalty, observers note that Christians continue to become common targets of discrimination of the laws, note observers.
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EU speaks for religious minorities in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 18 (ANI): Amid the recent surge in mob violence and religious persecution in Pakistan, the EU Parliament last month called for a review of Pakistan's GSP+ status, citing concerns over the latter's blasphemy laws and poor rights record.
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