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Daughter of slayed Pakistani politician, Sara Taseer refuses to sign anti-
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Sara Taseer, the daughter of assassinated Pakistani politician Salman Taseer refused to sign the anti-Ahmadi passport statement.
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TLP echoes extremist narratives in Pakistan after Lankan man's lynching ov
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 6 (ANI): Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) Divisional President Abid Raza Qadri said that Mumtaz Raza Qadri, security personnel, who had assassinated Punjab governor Salman Taseer over blasphemy row, has spoken the heart of the entire Muslim world, reported Pakis
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Blasphemy a tool to silence women's rights activists in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 10 months 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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Violent extremism, religious intolerance in Pakistan poses devastating con
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 17 (ANI): Amid religious intolerance and violent extremism in Pakistan, the anniversaries of two brutal assassinations have cast a light on how democratic ideals have plunged in the country with potentially devastating consequences for its future.
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Nadeem Nusrat demands immediate release of Asiya Bibi
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Oct 9 (ANI): South Asia Minorities Alliance Foundation (SAMAF) chairman Nadeem Nusrat urged Pakistan's Supreme Court to drop unfounded blasphemy charges against death row convict Asiya Bibi, and ordered her immediate release.
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Pakistan: Thousands gather at Mumtaz Qadri's 'shrine' to co
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 1 (ANI): Followers of Mumtaz Qadri, who was executed for assassinating liberal Punjab governor Salman Taseer in 2011, gathered in thousands on Wednesday at his 'shrine' in Islamabad, to commemorate his death.
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Over 100 clerics arrested in Lahore for trying to 'celebrate' sl
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], Jan. 5 (ANI): The Punjab Police has arrested over 100 clerics for attempting to hold a rally in Lahore to 'celebrate' the assassination of governor Salman Taseer on his death anniversary.
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Shrine in Pak dedicated to Governor's assassin
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 27 (ANI): In a clear indication that the law of the land is not taken with utmost seriousness in Pakistan, the grave of Elite Force commando Mumtaz Qadri, executed in March this year for killing former Punjab governor Salman Taseer, is being turned into a shrine.
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