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Malala urges Pakistan to give justice to Mardan student lynching victim
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Apr 15 (ANI): Condemning the murder of a university student, Mashal Khan, over allegations of blasphemy, Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai urged state institutions and political parties in Pakistan to shun their silence, take a stand and bring justice to the victim and hi
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Mardan student lynching: Case registered against 20 suspects
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 14 (ANI): Police in Mardan in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, have confirmed filing a first information report (FIR) against 20 suspects reportedly involved in the lynching of one university student, and an assault on another, over alleged blasphemy o
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Imran Khan condemns Mardan student's lynching
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 14 (ANI): Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan on Friday condemned the lynching of a 23-year-old student of Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, over alleged blasphemy.
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Pak university student killed, another injured for alleged blasphemy
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mardan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) [Pakistan], Apr 13 (ANI): A journalism student was shot dead by fellow students and another seriously injured at Abdul Wali Khan University (AWKU) in Mardan on Thursday after being accused of blasphemy.
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Danish man burns Quran, charged with blasphemy case
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [USA], Feb. 24(ANI): A Danish man who posed a video of himself setting fire to the Quran on Facebook has been charged with blasphemy, first such case in the country after almost half a century.
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Pakistan Minister rules out change in blasphemy law
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan. 30 (ANI): Pakistan's Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony, Sardar Mohammed Yousuf has rejected news reports of the government planning to change the existing blasphemy law.
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Pakistan: 115 charged with burning Christians' homes acquitted
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], Jan. 29 (ANI): An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has acquitted 115 suspects involved in torching of more than 100 houses of Christians at Joseph Colony in the Badami Bagh area following an alleged blasphemy incident in 2013.
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Pak Senate Committee on Human Rights to debate misuse of blasphemy laws
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan. 13 (ANI): A Pakistan Senate committee is set to debate on the prevention of misuse of the country's blasphemy laws, which critics say is prevalent in the country.
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Pakistan Supreme Court adjourns hearing of Asia Bibi blasphemy case
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Oct.13 (ANI): Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned a hearing of the final appeal against the execution of blasphemy accused Asia Bibi.
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Pak's SC adjourns 'blasphemy convict' Asia Bibi's fina
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Oct. 13 (ANI): Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing of blasphemy convict Asia Bibi's appeal against her execution for an indefinite period.
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US expresses concern over rising blasphemy cases in Pak
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Karachi, Aug. 12 (ANI): The U.S. State Department's annual report on International Religious Freedom has expressed concern at the increase in the number of blasphemy cases in Pakistan and the use of such charges as "justification for mob justice" in the country.
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