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Pak Hindu families forced to relocate amid blasphemy furore
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad [Pakistan], August 23 (ANI): All Hindu families living in a six-storey building were forced to leave their apartments after an enraged mob attacked the building while trying to get hold of a man belonging to the Hindu minority community who was booked in an alleged case of blasp
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Pakistan: Police resort to tear gas shelling after angry mob creates unres
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad [Pakistan], August 22 (ANI): Law enforcement agencies resorted to tear gas shelling and fired into the air in different areas of Hyderabad on Sunday after an enraged mob tried to get hold of a sanitary worker, belonging to the Hindu minority community booked in a fake case of blasp
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Pakistan's Human Rights Commission expresses concern over increasing mob v
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], July 25 (ANI): Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Sunday expressed grave concerns over the increasing mob violence in the country citing a recent case in Karachi where a man was beaten and later shot dead by a crowd on suspicion of robbery.
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Atheists in Pakistan fearful as crackdowns on digital blasphemy continue
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 23 (ANI): Blasphemy arrests and mob violence continue to escalate in Pakistan as blasphemy laws are leading to the erasure of atheist identities.
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Islamic cleric says former Pak Minister's letter to UN on blasphemy bid to
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 10 (ANI): Saying that all the legal forums were available for the redressal of such issues in Pakistan, Chairman of Pakistan Ulema Council (PUC) Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi on Monday said former Human Rights Minister Dr Shireen Mazari's letter to the UN aga
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Sindh minorities under constant fear of security, survival: Report
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 28 (ANI): Minorities in Pakistan's Sindh province are living in constant fear for their security and survival due to the psychological and socio-economic impact of hate speech.
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Minorities in Pakistan fear mob lynching over blasphemy accusations
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 10 (ANI): Regular episodes of attacks on the minorities' properties and their religious places on fake or inadvertent blasphemy charges in Pakistan have been occurring on daily basis.
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Pakistan government fans 'toxicity, regressive' narratives in societies wh
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 15 (ANI): Pakistan government fans toxicity and regressive narratives in the society which lead to extremism in the country and result in the surge of cases of lynching over blasphemy and similar incidents, reported local media.
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85 held for lynching man for blasphemy in Pakistan's Punjab
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], February 14 (ANI): At least 85 people have been arrested for lynching a mentally deranged man in a village of Khanewal district in Pakistan's Punjab province for alleged blasphemy, according to local media.
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Pakistan sacks cops for making 'blasphemous post'
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 30 (ANI): Two policemen were sacked in Pakistan's Punjab province over posting 'blasphemous' remarks on their Facebook pages, according to a media report.
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Pak has reported 1,415 cases of blasphemy since 1947: Think tank
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 26 (ANI): Pakistan reported a total of 1,415 cases of blasphemy in the country since 1947, a think tank, Centre for Research and Security Studies, said on Tuesday, reported DAWN.
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After 10 years, Lahore court acquits man of blasphemy charge
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], January 25 (ANI): In a classic case of justice delayed is justice denied, Lahore sessions court on Tuesday acquitted a man, Asim Aslam of blasphemy charges after he served a 10-year jail term.
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