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Minorities' protests more frequent, widespread in Pakistan: Report
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 18 (ANI): Amid the already deteriorating conditions of the minority communities in Pakistan, the protests in the country has become more frequent and widespread, said a Canada-based think tank, adding that religious minorities in the country are on the edge and
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Pakistan: Sialkot incident symptom of underlying cancer, says expert
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 17 (ANI): The Sialkot incident, where the Islamist mob accused a Sri Lankan factory manager Priyantha Kumara Diyawadana of blasphemy and then burnt his dead body, shows that what happened in Sialkot is a symptom of underlying cancer which has metastasised to di
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Pakistan incapable of reforming, stepping back from Islamist path, says ex
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 15 (ANI): The Sialkot incident, where the Islamist mob accused a Sri Lankan factory manager Priyantha Kumara Diyawadana of blasphemy and then burnt his dead body, shows that Pakistan is incapable of reforming and stepping back from the Islamist path it embarked
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Lynching of Sri Lankan national points to rise of religion-based hatred vi
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 14 (ANI): The lynching of Sri Lankan national Priyantha Kumara in Pakistan over blasphemy allegations by a hardline mob has signalled the rise of religion-based hatred violence in the country, according to a report.
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Pak police claims to arrest 18 more main suspects in Sialkot lynching case
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 13 (ANI): Pakistan police on Monday claimed to have arrested 18 more main suspects involved in the lynching of a Sri Lankan national Priyantha Kumara in Sialkot, local media reported.
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Pakistan to conduct Sri Lankan man's lynching trial in jail
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 11 (ANI): Pakistan's provincial Punjab government and prosecution have decided to conduct the case trial of the suspects arrested in the brutal lynching of Sri Lankan national Priyantha Kumara in jail, reported local media.
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Sialkot lynching: Killing over 'unsubstantiated blasphemy claims' not perm
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 11 (ANI): Muslim scholars in Pakistan speaking about the Sialkot lynching said the killing of any person over "unsubstantiated blasphemy accusations" is not permissible.
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Jharkhand to bring anti-mob lynching bill
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], December 10 (ANI): Jharkhand government is prepping up to introduce a bill preventing mob lynching.
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Pakistan: Jamaat-e-Islami condemns lynching of Sri Lankan national in Sial
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], December 9 (ANI): Pakistan's Islamist political party Jamaat-e-Islami has condemned the lynching of a Sri Lankan man in Sialkot, The News International reported on Thursday.
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Pak blasphemy laws embolden mobs to carry out vigilante justice: Journalis
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 9 (ANI): The brutal murder of a Sri Lankan national in Pakistan's Punjab has drawn condemnation from all around the world and has highlighted the rise of the misuse of the blasphemy law to carry out vigilante justice in Pakistan.
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8 accused arrested in connection with Sri Lankan's mob lynching in Pakista
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan] December 8 (ANI): Pakistan's Punjab police on Wednesday arrested eight more accused for their primary role in the lynching of a Sri Lankan man in Sialkot, local media reported.
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Pak Defence Minister backtracks on Sialkot lynching remarks after severe b
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 8 (ANI): Pakistan Defence Minister Pervez Khattak has issued a clarification over his remarks on the Sialkot lynching after facing severe backlash for downplaying the incident.
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