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Pakistan student sentenced to death over WhatsApp messages in 'blasphemy' case
March 09, 2024 11:10 pm
The accused had shared "blasphemous" pictures and videos with the intention to outrage the religious feelings of Muslims, the court in Pakistan's Punjab province said.
Why Pakistan's blasphemy legislation has no basis in law or religion
December 08, 2021 7:48 am
🔴 Faizan Mustafa writes: Killing of Sri Lankan national in Pakistan highlights once again how the country's law must be reformed
Pak court grants bail to Christian man arrested about 5 years ago on blasphemy charges
March 02, 2021 5:25 pm
The Lahore High Court on Monday granted bail to Nabeel Masih, who was 16 years old when he was arrested in 2016 in Kasur city, some 50 kms from Lahore, on a complaint filed by one person of the same locality alleging that he has shared a blasphemous content on a WhatsApp group.
Asia Bibi’s plight retrains the spotlight on Pakistan’s Blasphemy Law
May 18, 2019 10:24 am
This “black law” has made hundreds rot in jail. It seeks to punish with death individuals who insult the Holy Prophet in “word gesture or innuendo” — it typically targets the minorities in Pakistan.
Stranger in her home
May 10, 2019 12:07 am
Asia Bibi’s flight to Canada speaks of the climate of unfreedom she had to face in Pakistan.
Asia Bibi case: Over 90 members of hardline groups arrested in Pakistan's Punjab
January 30, 2019 5:16 pm
Bibi, 47, is finally a free woman after all the legal impediments in her way came to an end on Tuesday, when the apex court threw out a petition seeking to review its verdict of acquitting the victim of a blasphemy charge.
The Blasphemy Test
November 10, 2018 1:19 am
Pakistan’s apex court has shown guts by acquitting Asia Bibi despite clerics’ anger. A governor of Punjab, Salmaan Taseer, had died at the hands of his own security guard while defending Bibi, who he thought had been framed.
How Asia Bibi went from being the first woman in Pakistan on death row for blasphemy to freedom
November 01, 2018 8:09 pm
After being acquitted of blasphemy by the Pakistan Supreme Court, Asia Bibi walked free Thursday. She had been in solitary confinement for almost 10 years.
'Don't confront state': Pak PM Imran Khan warns hardliners protesting SC verdict acquitting Asia Bibi
November 01, 2018 12:25 pm
Taking a tough stand, Imra Khan warned hardliners not to "confront the State" and refrain from vandalism, while addressing the nation through a video message.
Asia Bibi, on death row for blasphemy since 2010, freed by Pakistan Supreme Court
October 31, 2018 1:32 pm
Chief Justice Saqib Nisar overturned the conviction by the Lahore High Court that had sentenced Asia Bibi, a mother of four, to death in 2010.
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Protests erupt in Pakistan after Supreme Court acquits Christian woman of blasphemy
October 31, 2018 1:31 pm
Eight years after she was sentenced to death for blasphemy, the Pakistan Supreme Court overturned the conviction and ordered Asia Bibi to be freed.
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