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Pak court gives death sentence to university lecturer on blasphemy charges
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Multan [Pakistan], Dec 21 (ANI): A District and Sessions court here on Saturday awarded death penalty to former university lecturer Junaid Hafeez on charges of blasphemy.
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Geneva: Pakistani Christians hold protest march against forced conversion,
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva, [Switzerland] Sept 21 (ANI): A large number of Pakistani Christians, including women and children, living in Europe have held a protest march in Geneva to demand equal rights in Pakistan.
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Ghotki incident echoes during Pakistan's Assembly session
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Sept 18 (ANI): Days after riots broke out in Pakistan's Sindh province after a Hindu school Principal was booked on the charges of alleged blasphemy, members of Pakistan Assembly on Tuesday expressed their concerns over the safety of minorities in the country.
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Booking a Hindu school teacher in false blasphemy case is politically moti
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 16 (ANI): Sindhi activists have said that the Hindu school principal who was booked in a false blasphemy case was "politically motivated" and this case is linked to "our overall systematic suppression and bullying of Hindu Sindhis in the region."
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Pak: Hindu principal booked in false blasphemy case; mob vandalise school
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Ghotki (Sindh) [India], Sept 15 (ANI): Hundreds of protesters ran amok in Pakistan's Sindh province after the principal of a school, belonging to the minority Hindu community, was falsely accused of blasphemy and booked in the matter.
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US urges Pak to release those held for blasphemy, asks China to curb relig
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 22 (ANI): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday urged Pakistan to release over 40 people from the religious minority community who have been serving jail term or facing execution on blasphemy charges in the country.
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Islamists misusing blasphemy law to harass Christians in Pakistan:Activist
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 17 (ANI): Pakistani Christians living in parts of Europe held a protest rally in Geneva to raise their voice against Islamic hardliners who are persecuting minorities in the name of blasphemy.
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Pakistan top court upholds acquittal of Asia Bibi in blasphemy case
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad (Pakistan), Jan 29 (ANI): The Pakistan Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition seeking review of the top court's verdict acquitting Asia Bibi, a Christian woman who spent eight years on death row in a blasphemy case.
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Asia Bibi's daughters get refuge in Canada ahead of blasphemy ruling
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad (Pakistan), Jan 26 (ANI): The daughters of Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy charges, have been taken to Canada for safety reasons ahead of a court hearing next week that could see their mother finally freed.
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Reports of Asiya Bibi leaving Pakistan 'false, baseless'
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Nov 12 (ANI): Pakistan's Foreign Office on Sunday refuted social media reports of Asiya Bibi, the Christian woman, who was acquitted by the Supreme Court for blasphemy charges last month, of leaving the country.
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EU politicians demand safe passage for Asiya Bibi
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Brussels [ Belgium], Nov 10 (ANI): In a letter to Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan the Members of European Parliament have expressed concern over the threats to Asiya Bibi (Aasiya Noreen), who was recently acquitted by Pakistan's Supreme Court in a Blasphemy Case.
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Asylum application filed in Netherlands for Asiya Bibi
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Nov 9 (ANI): An asylum application has been filed in the Netherlands for Asiya Bibi, the Pakistani Christian woman who was acquitted in a blasphemy case by the country's Supreme Court last month.
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