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Good Friday 2026: Meaning behind the name, date and fasting rules explainedGood Friday is a solemn Christian observance held before Easter, commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. In 2026, it falls on April ...- Pakistan court awards death sentence to four over blasphemous content on FacebookThe court official said the convicts uploaded blasphemous content on Facebook from four different IDs. Pakistan's blasphemy laws are often ...
- Who is Iranian singer Amir Hossein 'Tataloo', sentenced to death for blasphemy?Iranian singer Tataloo has been sentenced to death for blasphemy after an appeal overturned his earlier five-year prison term. The Supreme ...
- 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...
- Mob storms Pakistani police station, lynches man accused of blasphemyOn Saturday, Muhammad Waris, a man in his early 20s, was taken into police custody after a mob attacked him for allegedly desecrating the K...
- Anti-terrorism court in Pakistan sentences 6 people to death for lynching of Sri Lankan nationalA mob of over 800 men including supporters of hardline Islamist party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) allegedly attacked a garment factory...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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chief"The (Pakistan) Government, despite recommendations from international human rights mechanisms, has not amended or repealed blasphemy law p...
- Religious persecution remains a silent feature of Pakistan: Rights activistTestifying before a Congressional hearing on human rights situation in South Asia, Fatima Gul, Sindhi-American human rights activist, said ...
- Protesters on the boil in Pakistan against acquittal of Christian woman in blasphemy caseAsia Bibi, a 47-year-old mother of four, was convicted in 2010 after being accused of insulting Islam in a row with her neighbours.
- 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.
- India carried out no executions in 2016: AmnestyIndia carried out no executions last year, but was among the few countries to hand out capital punishment for drug- related crimes.
- 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 ...
- '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...
- 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...
- Pakistan court sentences Briton to death for blasphemyProsecutors said Asghar even claimed to be a prophet in front of the judge.
- Another Pak minister gunned down by Taliban militantsPakistan's Minority Affairs Minister Shahbaz Bhatti, a vocal opponent of the controversial blasphemy law, was on Wednesday gunned down by T...
- The Pakistan abyssThe assassination of PPP leader and Punjab Governor Salman Taseer is another marker of Pakistan's descent into a social and political black...
- 'Pak in grip of Islamic extremism'In Pakistan the blasphemy law was deliberately introduced to the penal code by General Zia in 1982 and then made even more stringent in 198...
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