Pakistan blasphemy laws

DNA: Lynching of a Muslim religious leader by a religious mob

With the birth of Pakistan, the seeds of religious fanaticism were sown there. In Pakistan, a man was beaten to death on charges of blasphemy. The person who was lynched was himself a Muslim cleric.

May 08, 2023, 23:24 PM IST

Charge of blasphemy, tool to silence women's rights activists in Pakistan

Experts underlined the danger of this trend of using blasphemy to silence women`s rights activists is a decade-old ploy of Islamists.

May 08, 2021, 22:00 PM IST

Finally free!: Asia Bibi on Pakistan prison, life in exile

Bibi was sentenced to death on blasphemy charges by a Pakistani court in 2010 but then dramatically acquitted in 2018. She now lives in Canada at an undisclosed location.

Jan 30, 2020, 09:36 AM IST

Abolish blasphemy laws: US, UK tells Pakistan

The US and the UK stressed on religious intolerance and human rights violations and abuses in Pakistan.

Nov 14, 2017, 10:53 AM IST