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Pakistan: Two Christian men charged under controversial blasphemy law
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], February 18 (ANI): Two Christians in Pakistan have been charged with blasphemy for their alleged insulting remarks against Islam's holy book and the Prophet.
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Pakistan: Christian nurse beaten by her Muslim colleagues after accusing h
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 14 (ANI): Tabitha Nazir Gill, a Christian nurse working at Sobhraj Maternity Hospital in Pakistan's Karachi, was beaten by her Muslim colleagues on January 28, accusing her of blasphemy.
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Bangladesh Christian Association demands repeal of blasphemy law in Pakist
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], September 24 (ANI): The Bangladesh Christian Association has expressed grave concerns over the persecution of Christians and other minorities in Pakistan and demanded that the Imran Khan-led government should repeal the blasphemy law, and release people, who have been
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Blasphemy victim Asia Bibi's brother-in-law killed in Pakistan's Sheikhupu
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Sheikhupura [Pakistan], May 26 (ANI): Younus, the brother-in-law of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman convicted of blasphemy by a Pakistani court, was killed in Sheikhupura city of Punjab province in Pakistan on Monday.
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Blasphemy allegations in Pakistan continue despite Covid-19 outbreak
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], May 15 (ANI): The incidents of blasphemy allegations continue to persist in Pakistan amid Covid-19 outbreak in the country and rest of the world.
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Pakistan blasphemy death sentence for lecturer is 'travesty of justice': U
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva, [Switzerland], Dec 27 (ANI): The United Nations human rights experts on Thursday condemned the death sentence handed to lecturer Junaid Hafeez by a Pakistan court and called the ruling a "travesty of justice"
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Ghotki incident echoes during Pakistan's Assembly session
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Sept 18 (ANI): Days after riots broke out in Pakistan's Sindh province after a Hindu school Principal was booked on the charges of alleged blasphemy, members of Pakistan Assembly on Tuesday expressed their concerns over the safety of minorities in the country.
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Booking a Hindu school teacher in false blasphemy case is politically moti
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 16 (ANI): Sindhi activists have said that the Hindu school principal who was booked in a false blasphemy case was "politically motivated" and this case is linked to "our overall systematic suppression and bullying of Hindu Sindhis in the region."
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Reports of Asiya Bibi leaving Pakistan 'false, baseless'
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Nov 12 (ANI): Pakistan's Foreign Office on Sunday refuted social media reports of Asiya Bibi, the Christian woman, who was acquitted by the Supreme Court for blasphemy charges last month, of leaving the country.
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Protests erupt across Pakistan post Asiya Bibi's acquittal
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Oct 31 (ANI): Soon after the Supreme Court of Pakistan acquitted Asiya Bibi in the blasphemy case against her, scores of people took to streets and launched massive protests opposing the verdict.
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Women activists highlight persecution of Christians in Pak at UN
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 13 (ANI): Christian women activists on Monday raised the issue of persecution of minority community by the hands of Islamic fundamentalists and the misuse of blasphemy law in Pakistan during the 37th session of human rights council session in Geneva.
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