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Published 11 Mar, 2013 07:56am

Protests in Lahore, Karachi against Badami Bagh arson

A drunken row between two friends was the trigger for blasphemy allegations following which a mob burnt more than 100 Christian homes, police and witnesses said. More than 3,000 people rampaged through Joseph Colony, a Christian area of Lahore, on March 9 after allegations that a Christian had made derogatory remarks about Prophet Muhammed (PBUH) three days earlier.—Text by AFP/Images by Agencies

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