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Pakistan court sentences Christian woman to death in blasphemy case

A court in Pakistan on Thursday sentenced a Christian woman to death in a blasphemy case. Judge Afzal Majuka of the Special Court in Islamabad after the trial found her guilty under Section 295 C of the Pakistan Penal Code, which carries a death sentence. Earlier, Asia Bibi, who was sentenced to death for blasphemy, was kept in prison for …

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Pakistan court sentences three to death for blasphemy

Fourth accused, a college teacher, sentenced to 10 years in jail for ‘blasphemous’ lecture he delivered in the classroom. An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has handed death sentences to three people for social media posts deemed insulting to Prophet Muhammad under the country’s blasphemy laws. A fourth accused, a college teacher, was sentenced to 10 years in jail for a …

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US asks Pak to reform ’abused blasphemy laws’ after killing of citizen in court

Expressing shock and outrage over the killing of an American citizen inside Pakistani courtroom, US on Thursday asked Pakistan to "immediately reform its often abused blasphemy laws and its court system, which allow such abuses to occur." Naseem had been lured to Pakistan from his home in Illinois by individuals who then used Pakistan's blasphemy laws to entrap him," Cale …

Pakistan: Elderly man accused of 'blasphemy' killed inside court

In a brutal incident, an elderly man belonging to the minority Islamic sect of Ahmadiyyas, who was facing a trial for ‘blasphemy’, was shot dead in front of the judge in a local court situated in a high-security zone in Pakistan’s Peshawar city on Wednesday. According to the reports, Tahir Ahmad Naseem, who was arrested on the charges of blasphemy …