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57 blasphemy cases registered in Pakistan from January to May 2023: Report
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Two Christian teenagers identified as Adil Baber and Simon Masih have recently been accused of blasphemy in Lahore, Pakistan. The allegations were levelled against them by the Police constable Zahid Sohail, soon after he had indulged in an altercation with the young accusers on May 28.
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Pakistan: Anglican Christian sentenced to death for blasphemy
Updated : 3 years ago IST
As per Bitter Winter, Noman has been convicted of keeping blasphemous images of Prophet Muhammad on his cell phone and sharing them with others via WhatsApp. According to his relatives and lawyer, the prosecutor's story is, however, contradictory.
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Pakistan: HRFP condemns blasphemy charges against Musarrat Bibi, Muhammad
Updated : 3 years ago IST
It is alleged that the two burned pages of the Quran in the school where Musarrat Bibi was working as a peon and Muhammad Sarmad was working as a gardener.
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Pakistan lenient in enforcing blasphemy laws against Chinese nationals: Re
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Christians, Hindus, and members of other minorities accused of blasphemy languish in jail for years, unless they are lynched by angry mobs. Some, such as Asia Bibi, are liberated only thanks to international mobilization.
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Pakistan: Blasphemy killing of PTI-affiliated cleric controversial
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Maulana Nigar Alam, 40, while addressing a rally under the guidance of PTI Mardan in the Sawaldhir area to express solidarity with Imran Khan on May 6, said, "Imran Khan is a truthful person and I respect him like the Prophet".
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Man booked on blasphemy charge in Pakistan's Punjab
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
A team of Sara-i-Alamgir Sadar police reached the mosque after the locals called them and arrested the 30-year-old suspect on blasphemy charges and making an attempt on the life of another man at a mosque at Puraan village in Gujrat.
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Pakistan: Blasphemy case registered against woman
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The post, which was reportedly blasphemous, triggered a protest in the locality, and a mob gathered outside the woman's house and vandalised the house.
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Grave human rights violations continue non-stop in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Grave human rights violations continued unabated, including enforced disappearances, torture, crackdowns on peaceful protests, attacks against journalists and violence against religious minorities and other marginalised groups in Pakistan, reported Amnesty International South Asia.
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Target killing of minorities continues unabated in Pakistan, Christian man
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A Christian man was shot dead in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province on Saturday, in what officials say is the second incident of target killing of minorities in the last 24 hours, reported The Khorasan Diary.
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Amid blasphemy and bankruptcy, religious extremism continues to dominate P
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Pakistan is on the verge of bankruptcy and is roiled by several crises such as food shortage, high inflation, shrinking trade, unemployment, power outage, political instability, and growing debt. Yet, the focus has been on making religious punishments more rigorous.
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Film crew shoots movie inside gurudwara in Pakistan while wearing shoes, B
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 3 (ANI): A film crew entered the premises of Gurdwara Panja Sahib in Punjab province of Pakistan while wearing shoes and shot a movie without permission that has outraged the Sikh community in the country, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa claimed
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Protest erupts in Pakistan over alleged assault on Hindu woman
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 22 (ANI): Minorities in Pakistan protested against an alleged assault on a Hindu woman over a false accusation of theft, local media reported.
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