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US expresses shock over killing of Tahir Naseem, urges Pak to immediately
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], July 31 (ANI): Expressing shock and outrage over the killing of an American citizen inside Pakistani courtroom, US on Thursday (local time) asked Pakistan to "immediately reform its often abused blasphemy laws and its court system, which allow such abuses to occur."<
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US condemns 'shameful tragedy' of citizen's killing, urges Pak to pursue r
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 30 (ANI): Terming the killing of an American citizen in Pakistan's courtroom as a "shameful tragedy", the US State Department has called on Islamabad to take immediate action and institute reforms to prevent similar incidents in future.
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Ahmadi man accused of blasphemy shot dead in Peshawar court
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], July 29 (ANI): A man belonging to the minority Ahmadi community, Tahir Ahmad, who was on trial for blasphemy, was shot dead in a courtroom in Peshawar on Wednesday.
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Pak ex-foreign minister Khawaja Asif facing blasphemy charges speaking for
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 14 (ANI): Pakistan's former minister of Foreign Affairs and PML (N) stalwart Khawaja Asif is facing blasphemy charges for speaking against the religious inequality in the country.
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Destroying a temple is a blasphemy says BJP on demolition of temple in Tel
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 11 (ANI): Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party chief Spokesperson K Krishna Saagar Rao on Friday slammed the state Government for demolishing Hindu Temple in secretariat complex on July 7.
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Silent protest held outside UN over persecution of Christians in Pak
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 21 (ANI): A silent demonstration was held on Saturday in front of the United Nations Office in Geneva alongside Broken Chair to raise a voice in solidarity to eradicate the malicious blasphemy law and forced conversions in Pakistan.
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Christian girl beaten, suffers nasal fracture in Pakistan's Kasur city
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Kasur [Pakistan], May 27 (ANI): A Christian teenage girl was brutally beaten by local goons in Sabari Colony of Kasur city in Pakistan's Punjab province on Wednesday.
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Blasphemy victim Asia Bibi's brother-in-law killed in Pakistan's Sheikhupu
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Sheikhupura [Pakistan], May 26 (ANI): Younus, the brother-in-law of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman convicted of blasphemy by a Pakistani court, was killed in Sheikhupura city of Punjab province in Pakistan on Monday.
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Century-old Christian graveyard, homes in Pakistan's Punjab demolished, gr
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Khanewal [Pakistan], May 22 (ANI): Houses and a graveyard belonging to the Christian community in Khanewal district of Punjab province in Pakistan were destroyed and grabbed by a politician belonging to Prime Minister Imran Khan's Party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI).
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Blasphemy allegations in Pakistan continue despite Covid-19 outbreak
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], May 15 (ANI): The incidents of blasphemy allegations continue to persist in Pakistan amid Covid-19 outbreak in the country and rest of the world.
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Pak authorities should urgently reform 'draconian' blasphemy laws: Europea
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], April 07 (ANI): Asserting that Pakistan's blasphemy laws lead to "grave miscarriages of justice", a European think tank asked Pakistani authorities to urgently reform the blasphemy laws by repealing the existent provisions and drafting new legislation.
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Pakistan blasphemy death sentence for lecturer is 'travesty of justice': U
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva, [Switzerland], Dec 27 (ANI): The United Nations human rights experts on Thursday condemned the death sentence handed to lecturer Junaid Hafeez by a Pakistan court and called the ruling a "travesty of justice"
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