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Nisar slams ‘business dealings’ in issuance of visas

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Tuesday strongly criticised the handling of visas by the previous government particularly former Ambassador to United...

FIA springs into action against blasphemous content on social media

ISLAMABAD: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has issued an advertisement urging masses to provide information of the elements posting blasphemous content on social media websites,...

Blasphemous content on social media: IHC orders raising issue with PM

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday ordered the authorities to raise the issue of posting blasphemous content on social media websites with Prime...

IHC orders crackdowns against elements posting blasphemous content on social media

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court on Wednesday ordered the Interior Ministry to include the names of all those people who upload blasphemous content on social...

Russia imprisons blogger who hunted Pokemon in church

MOSCOW: A Russian court on Friday ordered a blogger to be held behind bars for three months pending trial for hunting Pokemon in church,...

Supreme Court set to hear Asia Bibi’s final appeal against execution

LAHORE: A life and death countdown has begun in Pakistan, where the Supreme Court is due to hear a final appeal on Thursday against...

Man charged with blasphemy over Whatsapp poem

LAHORE: A man was charged with blasphemy Monday after his friend alleged he had sent a poem on Whatsapp that insulted Islam, police said.

Teacher held in Muzaffargarh over ‘baseless’ blasphemy claim

MUZAFFARGARH: A Muslim teacher in Muzaffargarh could face the death penalty after being accused of blasphemy, sparking anger from school officials and activists who said the law is being abused to carry out personal vendettas.

Police arrest five for desecrating Sikh’s turban

LAHORE: Five people appeared in a Pakistani court Tuesday accused of blasphemy after a Sikh man complained they had desecrated his turban during a scuffle over a delayed bus.

CII head says willing to review blasphemy law

ISLAMABAD: The head of Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) Muhammad Khan Sherani said on Thursday he is willing to review Pakistan's harsh blasphemy laws...

Police arrest cleric for inciting boy to cut off own hand

ISLAMABAD: Police arrested a cleric for inciting violence after a 15-year-old boy who was reported to have been mistakenly accused of blasphemy cut off his own hand.

Pakistani Christians living in fear after mob killings over blasphemy charges

KOT RADHA KISHAN: Four-year-old Aliya’s life collapsed last year when her illiterate Christian parents were falsely accused of tossing out pages of the Holy Quran in their rubbish, and then lynched and burnt on a brick kiln by an angry mob.

Mob torches factory in Jhelum following blasphemy accusation

JHELUM: An angry mob in the city of Jhelum torched a factory after one of its employees was accused of committing blasphemy, police officials said on Saturday.

Police arrest Christian healer for blasphemy

LAHORE: Police have arrested a Christian faith healer under the country's blasphemy laws for having Islamic script on a sword he used to treat his clients, officials said Monday.

Police arrest three Christians over blasphemous poster

GUJRAT: Police have arrested three Christian men under terrorism laws for using the word "Prophet" to describe a dead pastor on a poster, officials said Thursday.

SCP agrees to hear Asiya Bibi's blasphemy appeal

ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) agreed Wednesday to hear an appeal by a Christian woman, Asiya Bibi against her death sentence for blasphemy, lawyers said, in a case that has drawn criticism from rights campaigners.

Christian couple accused of blasphemy rescued by police

MAKKI: Police in Punjab saved a Christian couple from a Muslim mob who were attempting to lynch them for allegedly committing blasphemy, and later arrested a cleric for inciting the violence, a senior officer said Thursday.

Pope Francis meets relatives of Asiya Bibi

VATICAN CITY:  Pope Francis on Wednesday met the husband and daughter of Asiya Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman sentenced to death over blasphemy charges, the Vatican said.

Islamic State says it has killed three for homosexuality, blasphemy

BAGHDAD: Islamic State militants said on Tuesday they had killed two men in northern Iraq for homosexuality and another for blasphemy.

Thousands of Palestinians protest against Charlie Hebdo blasphemy

JERUSALEM: Thousands of Palestinians rallied in the occupied West Bank on Saturday to protest against the publication of sketches depicting the Prophet Mohammad (Peace Be Upon Him) in French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo.

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