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Tag: Pakistan blasphemy law

Posted inPakistan

Hardline Pakistani Islamist Rizvi dies at 54

by AT Contributor November 20, 2020November 20, 2020

The founder of an influential Pakistani Islamist party created to protest any reforms to the country’s ultra-conservative blasphemy laws died Thursday, days after leading demonstrations against France, an official said.  Khadim Hussain Rizvi, 54, who had led Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) since its creation in 2015, died in hospital in the eastern city of Lahore after […]

Men listen to speeches on the grounds of a mosque and madrassa complex on the outskirts of Rabwah in Pakistan. Photo: Reuters / Saad Sayeed
Posted inChina, India, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Why Pakistan is blacklisted for religious rights violations

by Imad Zafar December 12, 2018
Photo: Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) leader Khadim Hussain Rizvi. Photo: AFP / Arif Ali
Posted inIran, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Pakistan must tackle religious extremism

by Rahim Nasar November 27, 2018
Supporters of Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan, a hardline religious political party, block the road during a protest against a court decision to overturn the conviction of Christian woman Asia Bibi in Karachi on October 31, 2018. مناصري حزب تحريك لبيك باكستان (TLP) المتشدد يقطعون الطريق أثناء مظاهرة ضد قرار المحكمة إلغاء حكم إعدام ضد المسيحية آسيا بيبي في كاراتشي في 31 أكتوبر/تشرين الأول 2018.Photo: AFP/Rizwan Tabassum
Posted inChina, Pakistan, South Asia

The Asia Bibi case: surrender of a state at the hands of fanatics

by Imad Zafar November 6, 2018
Supporters of Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan, a hardline religious political party, block the road during a protest against a court decision to overturn the conviction of Christian woman Asia Bibi in Karachi on October 31, 2018. مناصري حزب تحريك لبيك باكستان (TLP) المتشدد يقطعون الطريق أثناء مظاهرة ضد قرار المحكمة إلغاء حكم إعدام ضد المسيحية آسيا بيبي في كاراتشي في 31 أكتوبر/تشرين الأول 2018.Photo: AFP/Rizwan Tabassum
Posted inChina, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia

Govt ‘surrenders’ to radical mob’s demands in blasphemy case

by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid November 5, 2018February 18, 2020
Supporters of Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan, a hardline religious political party, block the road during a protest against a court decision to overturn the conviction of Christian woman Asia Bibi in Karachi on October 31, 2018. مناصري حزب تحريك لبيك باكستان (TLP) المتشدد يقطعون الطريق أثناء مظاهرة ضد قرار المحكمة إلغاء حكم إعدام ضد المسيحية آسيا بيبي في كاراتشي في 31 أكتوبر/تشرين الأول 2018.Photo: AFP/Rizwan Tabassum
Posted inMiddle East, Pakistan, South Asia

Pakistan Supreme Court acquits Christian woman of blasphemy

by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid November 1, 2018February 18, 2020
Photo: Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) leader Khadim Hussain Rizvi. Photo: AFP / Arif Ali
Posted inMiddle East, Pakistan, South Asia

Blasphemy case: Pakistani Islamists push for woman’s execution

by F.M. Shakil October 17, 2018February 18, 2020
A supporter of Imran Khan, head of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, stands next to a poster showing the former cricket star turned politician. AFP / Aamir Qureshi
Posted inPakistan, South Asia

Mob mentality and misuse of Pakistan’s blasphemy law

by Turyal Azam Khan August 7, 2018
A Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) supporter holds a portrait of party leader Nawaz Sharif during a convention in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on March 11, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Faisal Mahmood
Posted inPakistan, South Asia, World

Attack on Pakistan’s interior minister: the lynching of society

by Imad Zafar May 7, 2018
Pakistan's Chief Justice Saqib Nisar. Photo: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Posted inPakistan, South Asia

Scales of justice are tipped in favor of the powerful

by Imad Zafar April 17, 2018
Muslims in Karachi are seen during Salat-e-Jumma (Friday prayers) in July 2016. Photo: iStock
Posted inEuropean Union, Italy, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Infamous blasphemy law may be amended to rein in false claims

by F.M. Shakil March 12, 2018February 18, 2020

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