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Make blasphemy law tougher to check its misuse, says Islamabad HC
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Aug.12 (ANI): Parliament needs to make the existing Blasphemy Law tougher to prevent its misuse, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) has said.
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Repeal blasphemy law to make Pak safe place for minority Christians, says
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Aug.7 (ANI): Christians, who form about 1.6 percent of Pakistan's population, live in constant fear of persecution from extremist Islamic groups in that country because of legal strictures such as the draconian "Blasphemy Law", a woman Member of the Europea
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Pak may block Facebook by 2018 if it does not toe line on 'blasphemer
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 29 (ANI): Social media platforms like Facebook, WhatsAPP and Viber were once welcomed in Pakistan as mediums for engaging in religious debate and afforded a measure of privacy, but today government pressure is building on these platforms to reveal names of individu
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Christian man arrested on blasphemy charge in Pakistan
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Gujrat (Punjab) [Pakistan], July 15 (ANI): A Christian man hailing from Kharian tehsil of Gujrat city has been arrested by the police on a blasphemy charge.
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Azam Khan should be charged with blasphemy, imprisoned: Amar Singh
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Singapore (Malaysia) [India], June 29 (ANI): Expressing absolute resentment over Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan's remark on the Indian Army, expelled party leader Amar Singh on Thursday said the former should be charged with blasphemy and imprisoned.
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EU slams Pakistan's poor rights record, stand on Kulbhushan Jadhav
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], June 15 (ANI): The European Parliament has criticised Pakistan's human rights record, and squarely reminded Islamabad that it has grossly erred in handing down capital punishment for those allegedly violating the nation's blasphemy law, in the excessive of milit
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Man sentenced to death in Pakistan for committing blasphemy on social medi
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], June 12 (ANI) : An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has for the first time sentenced a man to death for allegedly sharing blasphemous content about Sunni religious leaders and the Prophet Mohammed's wives on Facebook.
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Pakistan: Shia man sentenced to death for blasphemy on 'social media&
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bahwalpur (Punjab) [Pakistan], June 10 (ANI): In a first ever penalty over online blasphemy in Pakistan, an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Punjab's Bahwalpur on Saturday awarded the death sentence to a man on the charges of sharing offensive content about Islam on social media.
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Pak senators call for amending blasphemy law to prevent its misuse
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 18 (ANI): Senators in Pakistan have called for amending the country's blasphemy law to prevent its misuse and punish those who make blasphemy accusations against others.
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Mardan lynching case: Hate speech probe against two clerics
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], Apr 17 (ANI): The Pakistan Police has opened a hate speech investigation against two clerics in connection with the killing of a university student over allegations of blasphemy.
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Cong backs Malala, says no justice for democracy in Pak
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 16 (ANI): Extending support to nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai on her statement condemning the murder of a university student over blasphemy allegations, the Congress Party on Sunday claimed there is 'no justice for democracy' in Pakistan owing to the enormou
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Sharif condemns Mardan lynching, orders action against culprits
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Apr 15 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday ordered action against those found responsible for the lynching of a university student in Mardan over allegations of blasphemy.
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