blasphemy

Muhammad Yousaf sentenced to five years; four other officials convicted of negligence

Asks how the authority could take a decision without conducting an inquiry

Christian has been granted bail after a long period of delaying tactics by the prosecution

An enraged mob ransacked and burnt the entire locality a day after all Christian families left the area

The accused was booked by Gulberg police on complaint of a rights activist on January 4, 2015

Interior minister rubbishes social media reports that the govt was planning to charge missing bloggers with blasphemy

Various pages on Facebook have resorted to accusations against the missing bloggers

Senator Farhatullah Babar says the committee will start discussions as early as next week

Qadri’s shrine will pose as an emblem against any move to change the blasphemy law or provide justice to Asiya bibi

In March, dozens of protesters marking the chehlum of Tasser's assassin Mumtaz Qadri stormed Lahore Press Club

An FIR was registered on Saturday against Shaan Taseer for alleged ‘hate speech’

Sunni Tehreek leader says group is not calling for Taseer's murder, only his prosecution and eventual execution

In November more than 100,000 Muslims swarmed Jakarta in one of the largest mass demonstrations seen in the capital

The accused was arrested on December 11, 2010 and sent to prison

Asia Bibi is a testament to the rot of religious bigotry that this country has been infested with since Afghan war

Teacher said burning was correct way to dispose of old copies of Holy Quran, says seminary student

The Supreme Court on Thursday, October 13, adjourned the final appeal of Aasia Bibi

The Supreme Court today adjourned the hearing of Aasia’s appeal against the death penalty for an indefinite period

Supreme Court to hear the convict's appeal against her execution on Thursday

Bibi was convicted and sentenced to death in 2010, despite her advocates maintaining her innocence

Husband says they pray Oct 13 turns out to be lucky day for them

Three-judge bench will take up appeal against death sentence

Bibi, a Christian mother of five, has been on death row since 2010

Aasia Bibi was convicted and sentenced to hang in 2010

Police say mentally challenged man accused of sacrilege

Nabeel Chohan held for liking and sharing on social media a disparaging photograph of Khana-e-Kaaba

Aasia, 51, was sentenced to death in November 2010 after being convicted of blasphemy

State Dept report notes govt action to curb sectarian hate speech

Tribunal seeks consensus from CII, different schools of thought on amendments

Sukkur DIG says incarcerated accused is mentally unstable

It does not take much to fan the flames of communal hatred in Pakistan

Tension prevailed after a Hindu man was accused of desecrating the Holy Quran

Tension reigns as businesses remain closed

Police investigating Hindu man, said to be mentally ill

Two women and an infant had been detained on July 10

Neighbour says Christian man falsely accused of blasphemy for marrying a woman from Muslim family

Yasir Bashir says Nadeem James sent him a poem on messaging app that was derogatory about Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)

In light of 11 testimonies and other proofs, court finds all three guilty of the crime

The seller in Sanghar district arrested, booked under blasphemy law

Jahanzaib Khaskhili arrested in Tando Adam and shoes with 'Om' symbol confiscated, says district police chief

The leaders of the controversial Nusantara Movement are facing lengthy jail terms after being detained last month

Sheikhupura police lodges FIR against Usman Masi after residents of Nabipura filed a complaint against him

Prayer leader wants Muslims to vouch for family

Petitioner had said that prosecution was delaying proceedings.

Earlier, six men were arrested under blasphemy law for desecrating a Sikh man's turban

The Sikh man complained they had desecrated his turban during a scuffle over a delayed bus

Mahinder Paal Singh alleges certain local politicians were backing the suspects and influencing the investigations

Faisal Iqbal submitted that he had found a man, Ahsan*, disgracing Holy Quran on a Facebook page

Mulook, who successfully prosecuted Qadri, says he lives in the shadows to stay alive long enough to defend her

A video that has gone viral on social media, shows a charged crowd taking blows at the singer-turned-evangelist