Teacher’s ‘blasphemy’ results in setting school on fire

Published November 3, 2012
Pakistani teachers inspect the wreckage of a burnt school in Lahore on November 3, 2012, after it was set on fire by an angry mob alleging that the school gave a test that insulted Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
Pakistani teachers inspect the wreckage of a burnt school in Lahore on November 3, 2012, after it was set on fire by an angry mob alleging that the school gave a test that insulted Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
Pakistani students of Farooqi Girls' High School wave placards as they stage a protest in Lahore on November 3, 2012, demanding the re-opening of their school that was set on fire.
Pakistani students of Farooqi Girls' High School wave placards as they stage a protest in Lahore on November 3, 2012, demanding the re-opening of their school that was set on fire.
Pakistani policemen look on as students of Farooqi Girls' High School wave placards as they stage a protest.
Pakistani policemen look on as students of Farooqi Girls' High School wave placards as they stage a protest.

An angry mob set a school on fire in Lahore, alleging that the school gave a test that insulted Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). A Pakistani teacher at the centre of a blasphemy row was in hiding as her school management denied all responsibility for the “dirty act” and called for her to be punished. - Text and photos by AFP.

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