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Pakistan officer shoots dead man accused of blasphemy inside police station
3 months, 1 week ago

Pakistan officer shoots dead man accused of blasphemy inside police station

The Independent  

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Muslim mob in Pakistan lynches tourist over alleged blasphemy, torches police station
6 months ago

Muslim mob in Pakistan lynches tourist over alleged blasphemy, torches police station

Live Mint  

A Muslim mob stormed a police station and destroyed parked police vehicles in northwestern Pakistan, Madyan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Origin of Blasphemy Law in Pakistan Blasphemy laws were introduced under British colonial rule in the Indian Penal Code of 1860, specifically sections 295 and 298, which criminalized actions and speech deemed disrespectful to religious beliefs and sacred figures. Of these, …

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A Pakistani Christian accused of blasphemy and attacked by a mob has died of injuries
6 months, 3 weeks ago

A Pakistani Christian accused of blasphemy and attacked by a mob has died of injuries

Associated Press  

LAHORE, Pakistan — A Pakistani Christian accused of blasphemy and attacked by a mob last month died of his injuries on Monday, a police official said. Police in eastern Punjab province arrested more than 100 Muslim men and charged them under anti-terrorism laws for attacking a Christian father and son over allegations they desecrated pages of Islam’s holy book. He …

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Pakistan court awards death penalty to student, 22, and life term to teen for ‘blasphemous’ WhatsApp messages
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Pakistan court awards death penalty to student, 22, and life term to teen for ‘blasphemous’ WhatsApp messages

The Independent  

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Pakistan: Islamabad police forms 'Minority Protection Unit' after churches vandalised over blasphemy claims
1 year, 4 months ago

Pakistan: Islamabad police forms 'Minority Protection Unit' after churches vandalised over blasphemy claims

India TV News  

Pakistan churches vandalised: In wake of several churches being vandalised in Pakistan's Punjab police over allegations of blasphemy, the Islamabad police has formed a 'Minority Protection Unit' comprising of 70 policemen to safeguard minority places of worship and communities. The development comes as Pakistan faces renewed criticism over its failure to protect religious minority communities, particularly Christians and Hindus, who …

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Pakistan's new blasphemy laws may be 'weaponised' against minorities, says rights group
1 year, 10 months ago

Pakistan's new blasphemy laws may be 'weaponised' against minorities, says rights group

India Today  

Pakistan has further strengthened its already harsh blasphemy laws to punish anyone convicted of insulting people connected to Prophet Muhammad. This latest piece of legislation has left human rights activists alarmed, as they fear the laws would be misused to settle scores and further persecute religious minorities like Hindus and Christians in Pakistan. Pakistan's blasphemy laws carry a potential death …

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Hindu temple vandalised in Pakistan's Karachi; one held, booked for blasphemy
3 years ago

Hindu temple vandalised in Pakistan's Karachi; one held, booked for blasphemy

Firstpost  

A man was arrested on Monday for entering and vandalising a Hindu temple in Pakistan’s Karachi. This is 9th attack on Hindu Temple in 22 months despite Supreme Court notices and government claims that they protect Temple — nothing has changed. pic.twitter.com/RevrRED2mr — Veengas December 20, 2021 The man entered a Hindu temple in Ranchore Line area of Karachi in …

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Pakistan: Mob lynches Sri Lankan factory manager over ‘blasphemy,' burns his body
3 years ago

Pakistan: Mob lynches Sri Lankan factory manager over ‘blasphemy,' burns his body

India TV News  

Highlights A Sri Lankan citizen Priyantha Kumara was lynched by Islamist party supporters Kumara allegedly tore poster of hardline Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan and threw it in dustbin Pakistan's Punjab CM Usman Buzdar terms it a very tragic incident and orders probe In a grisly incident, a top Sri Lankan executive of a garment factory was lynched and his body burnt by …

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