10SharesA blasphemy case from 1993 shows that trials in such cases are flawed, and are often carried out in light of lacking evidence and threats of violence. Many accused languish in jails for years before ...
Pakistan needs to do more to stop the abuse of blasphemy laws, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday, AFP reported. Pompeo urged Pakistan to do more to address religious freedom concerns in ...
44SharesThe Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday upheld its verdict in Asia Bibi case and rejected a petition filed against her acquittal. Bibi was set free after spending 8 years in prison on death row ...
Shaheed Salman Taseer, a fearless politician, was murdered by his own bodyguard 8 years ago. He was a zealous defender of human rights and even sacrificed his life for what he believed in. Let’s remember ...
On October 31, Supreme Court of Pakistan issued a landmark judgment in the ‘Asia Bibi versus The State, etc‘ case, overturning her conviction by the lower courts in the blasphemy case. The Supreme Court ordered ...
There were reports of Asia Bibi having left for Canada earlier today. CNN, quoting martyred Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer’s son Shaan Taseer, reported earlier today that Asia Bibi had reunited with her family in Canada. ...
352SharesAsia Noreen, a Roman Catholic, was born and raised in Ittan Wali, a small village 50 miles from Lahore. As a young woman she married Ashiq Masih a brick labourer who had three children from ...
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