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Blasphemy a tool to silence women's rights activists in Pakistan
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 8 (ANI): The charge of blasphemy has been used as a tool to silence many in Pakistan, especially annual Aurat March that continues to be targeted with unsubstantiated allegations, and scandalized by, as experts call then, upholders of patriarchal inertia.
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PTI Councillor arrested for murder of Mashal Khan
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar.8 (ANI): Police in Pakistan's Mardan District on Thursday confirmed the arrest of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Councillor Mohammad Arif for his role in the lynching of Mashal Khan, a student of the Abdul Wali Khan University in April last year.
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Politicos, citizens call for exemplary punishment for Mashal Khan's k
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 22 (ANI): Prominent leaders of political and religious parties, and members of civil society, have united together to condemn the killing of Mashal Khan and called for exemplary punishment for his murderers.
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Abdul Wali Khan University reopens over a month after Mashal Khan's l
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Mardan [Pakistan], May 22 (ANI): Mardan's Abdul Wali Khan University reopened on Monday, more than a month after one of its students, Mashal Khan, was lynched by an angry mob for allegedly posting blasphemous content online.
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Military court should hear Marshal lynching case: Pak Senate
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 19 (ANI): The Pakistan Senate Standing Committee on Interior wants the lynching case of Mashal Khan to be sent to military courts instead of holding a judicial inquiry.
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Malala urges Pakistan to give justice to Mardan student lynching victim
Updated : 8 years, 9 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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