Mob attacks on Christian churches and homes in Pakistan set off by false implication, police sayAccording to authorities, three Christians tossed Islamic holy books outside the homes of two others to falsely accuse them of blasphemy be...
04 Sep, 2023, 02.07 PM IST
Pak to try blasphemy suspects under terrorism charges too; deal signed with radical Islamic group TLPThe radical Islamic group gained political capital as the federal government agreed to issue a letter declaring that the TLP was not a terr...
18 Jun, 2023, 09.01 PM IST
Pakistan police: Mob kills Sri Lankan over alleged blasphemyPolice said initial information shows the Sri Lankan, later identified as Priyantha Kumara, a manager at the facility, was lynched inside t...
03 Dec, 2021, 11.16 PM IST
Pakistan court sentences woman school principal to death for committing blasphemyLahore police in 2013 had registered a blasphemy case against Tanvir on the complaint of a local cleric. She was accused of denying the fin...
28 Sep, 2021, 12.44 PM IST
Pakistan seeks to block US-based website of minority AhmadisHarris Zafar said Pakistan's Telecommunication Authority earlier this month issued a legal notice for him and fellow American Amjad Mahmood...
21 Jan, 2021, 08.50 PM IST
Bangladesh Christian Association demands end to persecution against Pak ChristiansA sessions court in Lahore on September 8, 2020 sentenced Asif Pervaiz, 37, a Pakistani Christian, to death for “misusing” his phone to sen...
24 Sep, 2020, 03.47 PM IST
Religious minorities continue to face violence in Pakistan: UN rights chief"The (Pakistan) Government, despite recommendations from international human rights mechanisms, has not amended or repealed blasphemy law p...
27 Feb, 2020, 07.00 PM IST
Violence in Pakistan after Hindu veterinary doctor accused of blasphemyThe Mirpurkhas deputy commissioner said the government would compensate those whose properties were damaged during the violence.
29 May, 2019, 01.55 PM IST
Pakistan court acquits Christian woman on death row for blasphemyIn a landmark verdict, Pakistan's Supreme Court Wednesday overturned the conviction of a Christian woman facing execution for blasphemy.
31 Oct, 2018, 11.32 AM IST
Pakistan govt weak; recent protests have emboldened extremists: USPakistan witnessed countrywide protests by hardline religious groups after a reference to the Prophet Muhammad was left out of a revised ve...
01 Dec, 2017, 01.35 PM IST
Pakistan among worst violators of religious freedom: USCIRF"In 2015, the Pakistani government continued to perpetrate and tolerate systematic, ongoing, and egregious religious freedom violations," t...
04 May, 2016, 03.41 AM IST
Former Pakistan Governor's assassin hangedPakistan today executed former police commando Mumtaz Qadri, convicted for assassinating former Punjab governor Salman Taseer.
29 Feb, 2016, 11.34 AM IST
Pakistan Supreme Court upholds death sentence of killer of former Punjab Governor Salman TaseerPakistan's Supreme Court today rejected an appeal by the killer of former Punjab governor Salman Taseer against the death sentence awarded ...
07 Oct, 2015, 04.21 PM IST
Blasphemy accused killed after being released from jail in PakistanAbid was arrested on the charges of blasphemy in 2011 after he claimed 'Prophethood'. He was released from Adiyala Jail last week.
08 Jan, 2015, 04.59 PM IST
'Sentencing of Pakistan media mogul will have chilling effect'Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, owner of Geo and Jang group, was handed down the prison term in absentia for allowing the broadcast of a "blasphemous...
27 Nov, 2014, 07.02 PM IST
Pakistan Christian woman Asia Bibi convicted for blasphemy files appeal in Supreme CourtLast month, a two-member Lahore High Court bench dismissed the appeal of Asia Bibi after her lawyers failed to prove her innocence in the c...
24 Nov, 2014, 05.40 PM IST
Release Asia Bibi, Indian rights activists urge PakistanIndian human rights activists have appealed to Pakistan to release Asia Bibi, woman on death row in the country after being convicted for b...
14 Nov, 2014, 05.32 PM IST