Blasphemy
Says at least 4 such suspects "killed in mob violence” since May; suspension notifications issued for Mirpurkhas DIG, 9 others.
Updated 21 Sep, 2024 05:51pm
The latest string of chilling episodes confirm a pattern of unlawful police violence endorsed by mobs.
Updated 21 Sep, 2024 09:56am
Saad Khan Sarhadi's application filed in a local court after his family handed over case to Quetta Bar Association president.
Updated 21 Sep, 2024 10:42am
Sindh police chief removes Mirpurkhas SSP; other officers also suspended.
Updated 21 Sep, 2024 11:01am
SSP Mirpurkhas transferred; Sindh home minister announces he will "suspend" DIG, Crime Investigation Agency personnel.
Updated 20 Sep, 2024 11:29pm
HRCP raises alarm over extrajudicial killings in blasphemy cases.
Updated 20 Sep, 2024 09:52am
Mob burns man’s body after snatching it from heirs; family say slain doctor was struggling with mental health issues.
Updated 20 Sep, 2024 09:05am
Say they will not fight the suspect's case against the police official in the court of law "as we have pardoned him".
Updated 19 Sep, 2024 05:35pm
UMERKOT: Police have booked a doctor allegedly for sharing blasphemous posts on social media after certain religious...
Updated 19 Sep, 2024 12:06pm
The state, as well as the ulema, must reiterate the fact that no one can be allowed to play executioner in blasphemy cases.
Updated 14 Sep, 2024 09:21am
Police constable, who was posted at the Kharotabad station, arrested; IG says Sarhadi used his personal pistol.
Updated 13 Sep, 2024 08:45am
Police probe finds 5 guilty while cleric and 2 others declared innocent.
Updated 13 Sep, 2024 08:05am
Quetta SSP says police official has been arrested; JUI-P Senator Abdul Shakoor Khan announces bearing all legal expenses of police official.
Updated 12 Sep, 2024 10:02pm
Kharotabad police arrest suspect after protesters belonging to TLP demand cops to hand him over to them.
Updated 12 Sep, 2024 08:38am
The defence counsel claims that the prosecution witnesses, all residents of the same area, had contradicted each other.
Updated 30 Aug, 2024 09:27am
"No law carries the death penalty for desecration of Holy Quran, but religious elements resort to mob justice to kill suspects,” Dr Naimi says.
Updated 30 Aug, 2024 10:42am
UN committee releases findings on country’s implementation of convention on racial discrimination.
Updated 24 Aug, 2024 10:58am
Jamaat Ahle Sunnat Pakistan local leader accuses four men of desecrating the Holy Quran.
Updated 21 Aug, 2024 10:24am
Minorities Alliance Pakistan official says govt failed to provide justice, claiming only 11 of 303 arrested remain behind bars.
Updated 17 Aug, 2024 12:03pm
TLP’s disturbing campaign against top judge lifts lid from the uncomfortable truth that the genie of radicalisation is well and truly out of the bottle.
Updated 15 Aug, 2024 10:53am
Besides the jail term the convict would also have to pay a fine of Rs500,000.
Published 14 Aug, 2024 07:51am
Hundreds of people gather outside school owned by one of the suspects following announcements made through mosque loudspeakers.
Updated 13 Aug, 2024 11:29am
Man accused of blasphemy also booked in separate case.
Updated 20 Jul, 2024 10:45am
“We must not allow [anyone] to take law into their hands [...] and issue sentences and fatwas,” the Punjab CM asserts.
Updated 04 Jul, 2024 06:20pm
Participants of demonstration include representatives of Christian community, Minority Rights March, Aurat March.
Updated 03 Jul, 2024 11:05am
Minority Alliance chairman says barely 12 people currently facing trials for Aug 16 violence.
Updated 01 Jul, 2024 07:41am
In 2015, police arrested a man after they claimed to have received information he was burning sacred papers, including pages of the Holy Quran.
Updated 29 Jun, 2024 10:02am
The Christian suspect was threatening his siblings to desecrate the holy text to implicate them in blasphemy.
Updated 28 Jun, 2024 10:16am
TLP threatens nationwide protests if demand of releasing "innocent" detainees not met.
Updated 27 Jun, 2024 12:31pm
State Dept's spokesperson makes the remarks in response to a question about Pakistan's new counterterrorism campaign.
Published 26 Jun, 2024 07:48pm
