Blasphemy
Investigating officer requests custody of suspects to complete probe and identify accomplices.
Updated 19 Mar, 2024 10:32am
A 22-year-old awarded death penalty while a 17-year-old is handed life sentence.
Updated 09 Mar, 2024 02:27pm
Police investigation finds rivals’ plot to implicate pair over personal enmity.
Updated 02 Mar, 2024 01:08pm
MQM-P's Faisal Subzwari says every person fearful of speaking in public; PPP's Rubina Khalid takes exception to woman's "forceful apology".
Published 27 Feb, 2024 02:30pm
Pakistan must shed the layers of intolerance that have been allowed to permeate society.
Updated 27 Feb, 2024 09:17am
Lahore Operations SSP Ali Raza rejects reports regarding any action against the mob which had targeted the girl.
Updated 27 Feb, 2024 11:28am
"Situation unfolded because of mere confusion, miscommunication, lack of verification and playing on mob psychology,” says ASP Shehr Bano.
Published 26 Feb, 2024 08:26pm
The victim strongly rejects the allegations of committing blasphemy.
Updated 26 Feb, 2024 07:21pm
JI’s Mushtaq says CJP "misinterpreted" law; Irfan claims personal scores being settled in garb of criticism.
Updated 24 Feb, 2024 11:28am
Orders that a senior police officer not below the rank of an SP should handle blasphemy charges with due diligence.
Updated 15 Feb, 2024 11:27am
CJP seeks fresh investigation report within two weeks; SP (Investigations) concedes those involved had affiliation with TLP.
Updated 14 Feb, 2024 10:21am
CJP-led bench to resume hearing of Jaranwala case today.
Updated 13 Feb, 2024 10:33am
Plea raises concerns over abrupt halt of reconstruction activities at churches, lack of govt response.
Updated 08 Feb, 2024 08:50am
Peter Jacob publicly calls for the repeal or reform of Pakistan’s blasphemy laws and addressing the widespread misuse of these laws.
Updated 22 Jan, 2024 11:06am
Parties find it hard to resist right-wing calls, partly because of the perception that it appeals to voters and partly due to growing popularity of parties such as TLP.
Updated 19 Jan, 2024 02:11pm
The youth was release on bail after arrest; accused taken into custody.
Updated 03 Nov, 2023 11:11am
Religious fanaticism spreads when those in power deliberately employ faith to further their political ambitions.
Updated 07 Oct, 2023 09:33am
Fact-finding mission says TLP protest, incendiary sermons escalated likelihood of violence against minority community.
Updated 07 Oct, 2023 10:24am
The suspect will be presented in a court tomorrow (Sunday) to secure his physical remand, says police official.
Updated 16 Sep, 2023 11:44pm
Revisiting blasphemy law comes under discussion during meeting of Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights.
Updated 12 Sep, 2023 04:44pm
Complainant claims he saw pages of the Holy Quran being thrown from the roof of a house.
Updated 10 Sep, 2023 11:18am
21 complainants claim she was a drug peddler and intended to falsely implicate local people in Jaranwala Quran desecration case.
Updated 08 Sep, 2023 10:49am
PPP condemns secretariat’s move sans consulting members over ‘mismatched signatures’; SC to take up plea seeking justice for mob violence victims today.
Updated 08 Sep, 2023 08:36am
To prevent the misuse of blasphemy laws and the violence this begets, the recent amendments need to be rethought.
Updated 05 Sep, 2023 08:49am
Separately, driver of former PTI MPA Bilal Asghar Warraich beaten by seven people in Gojra.
Updated 31 Aug, 2023 10:19am
Usman Anwar says incidents, including Jaranwala violence, are a “conspiracy” to “divert attention” from the communal clashes in India’s Manipur.
Updated 28 Aug, 2023 10:42pm
Recommends reviewing blasphemy laws so that they are not misused against individuals or any religious minority.
Published 26 Aug, 2023 06:36am
Says it can't rule out suspicion that the attacks were part of a "larger campaign of hatred against the local Christians".
Published 25 Aug, 2023 11:49pm
A preliminary analysis of the tragedy shows that anti-minority mob violence has two aspects.
Updated 21 Aug, 2023 08:44am
Punjab interim CM says all damaged churches to be restored by next week; Punjab IG, info minister cast doubt over allegations of blasphemy.
Updated 19 Aug, 2023 07:39am
