Dating back to almost a century, around 1927 the Victorians determined the fate of South East Asia that they must’ve never foresighted for its grave implication in the longer run. Blasphemy – in simple words is the practice of sacrilegious (verbal or non-verbal) activity with or without the intent to harm the feelings of those […]
Would the ban on the TLP work? It is an open question. The panelists on Naya Daur’s Khabar Say Aagay featuring Tauseef Ahmed Khan and Dr Ayesha Siddiqa made a couple of alarming predictions (“Khatarnaak Baat” to put in Raza’s terms). They concluded that the ban would not be effective; it ‘might’ or ‘could’ work […]
Recently, police booked a nurse Mariyum Lal and a nursing student Newsh Arooj under Section 295-B of the Pakistan Penal Code after the allegation of blasphemy leveled against them while they were on duty at a government hospital in Faisalabad. The police took the nurses in protective custody after a protest demonstration was staged by […]