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Pakistan: Mob attacks police station in Islamabad to lynch man detained on
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 18 (ANI): Amid international condemnation of Pakistan's draconian blasphemy laws, a mob of villagers attacked a police station in Islamabad in an attempt to lynch a person detained on blasphemy charges.
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US report says Pak's blasphemy laws, attacks on minorities hampering relig
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 13 (ANI): The 2020 report International Religious Freedom released by the United States on Wednesday (local time) has highlighted a downward spiral of religious expression in Pakistan, most notably in the form of blasphemy laws, punishment for which ranges up to the deat
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Blasphemy a tool to silence women's rights activists in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 8 (ANI): The charge of blasphemy has been used as a tool to silence many in Pakistan, especially annual Aurat March that continues to be targeted with unsubstantiated allegations, and scandalized by, as experts call then, upholders of patriarchal inertia.
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Imran Khan govt decides not to compromise on blasphemy law despite Europea
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 4 (ANI): The Pakistan government has decided that there would be no compromise on the country's controversial blasphemy law, days after the European Parliament adopted a resolution calling for a review of Islamabad eligibility for the General Scheme of Preference
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Imran Khan seeking to impose Pak's murderous blasphemous laws across world
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 2 (ANI): After succumbing to the demands of the proscribed radical Islamist group Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), which was banned by the government, Prime Minister Imran Khan appears to want to impose Islamic blasphemy laws across the world.
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Imran Khan govt 'disappointed' after EU Parliament calls for review of Pak
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], May 1 (ANI): Pakistan on Friday expressed disappointment over the adoption of a resolution by the European Parliament calling for a review of Pakistan's eligibility for the General Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) status in wake of an "alarming" increase in the use of bl
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EU expresses concern over rising blasphemy cases in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], April 30 (ANI): The European Union has raised concerns over Pakistan's harsh blasphemy laws as they are "often misused to silence opponents and their defenders and to discriminate against religious minorities" and pointed Ahmadi Muslims are probably the most at risk.
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Pakistan's obsession with blasphemy laws leads to extrajudicial killings,
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 24 (ANI): Blasphemy is a highly sensitive issue in deeply conservative Pakistan where mere allegations have led to extrajudicial killings and mob violence.
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Religious freedom conditions in Pakistan continue to worsen: US rights com
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 22 (ANI): Religious freedom conditions in Pakistan continue to worsen as the government systematically enforced blasphemy and anti-Ahmadiyya laws, according to a report released by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF).
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Pakistan: Aurat March organisers condemn FIR over 'blasphemy'
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 20 (ANI): Aurat March organisers in Islamabad have condemned and expressed concern over the first information report (FIR) registered in a Peshawar Police Station on the charge of committing blasphemy.
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Pakistan: Aurat March organisers booked over blasphemy by Peshawar police
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], April 16 (ANI): Aurat March organisers and participants on Thursday were booked by Peshawar police in Islamabad on the orders of a local court on the charge of committing blasphemy.
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Pakistan: Rights group condemns brutal attack, 'false' blasphemy accusatio
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Faisalabad [Pakistan], April 10 (ANI): A Pakistan-based right group has condemned a brutal attack on two Christian nurses, who were falsely accused of committing blasphemy.
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