Tag: blasphemy

Former Lal Masjid cleric demands govt to act against inappropriate online...

ISLAMABAD: In a news conference at a seminary in Islamabad, former Lal Masjid cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz demanded action to be taken against people insulting...

Documents reveal how ISIL ran areas under its control in Iraq

Documents from ISIL-held areas in Iraq have shed light on the armed group's tough rules of internal governance and the fate awaiting fighters who...

Army’s role in focus as Islamists end blasphemy blockade

ISLAMABAD: When hardline Pakistani Islamists signed an agreement with the government on Monday to end a crippling blockade of the nation’s capital, the text...

Indian journalist’s blasphemous tweets spark protests in Jammu

JAMMU: Muslim organisations staged protests in Jammu against journalist Rohit Sardana who recently posted blasphemous tweets against important Muslim personalities of Islam. According to KMS,...

TLYR to ‘go tough’ on government, likely to put forth fresh...

 Accuses PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif, PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal of operation Says it wants those behind amendment to Khatm-e-Nabuwwat...

Lahore police go missing as religious activists lay siege to Faisal...

LAHORE: Activists from various religious parties thronged the Faisal Chowk (Charing Cross Chowk) on Mall Road on Saturday afternoon on the call of Tehreek-e-Labbaik...

Govt extends deadline for Faizabad protesters till 23rd

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Monday announced an extension in the deadline granted by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to the protesters for ending...

‘If Faizabad protesters are given an inch, others will take a...

Advocate Saiful Mulook says no difference between protesters and terror groups Maulana Tahir Ashrafi says protesters’ demand of Asiya Bibi’s execution is ‘unfair’ LAHORE:...

Sit-in at Faizabad Interchange: Govt bends over backwards as clerics refuse...

Protest leaders want govt to sack Law Minister Zahid Hamid as Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal gives another day to end blockade Protesters say...

Two more witnesses testify in Mashal Khan murder case

HARIPUR: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Abbottabad on Thursday recorded the statements of two more witnesses during the hearing of Mashal Khan murder case...

Blasphemy charges: Man in Rahim Yar Khan handed life imprisonment

A man in Rahim Yar Khan was sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of committing blasphemy. The additional district and sessions court on Saturday also...

US senators urge Tillerson to list Pakistan as ‘country of particular...

WASHINGTON: Six influential US senators have urged Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to designate Pakistan as a “country of particular concern” on the issue...

‘Death to blasphemers’ increasing as political rallying cry in Pakistan

SWABI: Three police officers stand daily guard at the grave of Mardan University student Mashal Khan to prevent religious hardliners from fulfilling threats to blow...

Abducted blogger Aasim Saeed says he was tortured

A Pakistani blogger who went missing earlier this year has applied for asylum in Britain after alleging he was tortured by a "state intelligence...

Three Ahmedi men sentenced to death for committing ‘blasphemy’

SHEIKHUPURA: Three men from the Ahmediyya community were sentenced to death on charges of blasphemy the other day. A district and sessions court sentenced three...

Pakistani blasphemy convict Asia Bibi nominated for Sakharov prize

The prize — awarded every year by the European Parliament — was set up in 1988 to honour individuals and organisations defending human rights and fundamental freedoms.

TLY protests against Election Act 2017

LAHORE: The Tehreek E Labbaik Ya Rasool Allah Pakistan (TLY) on Tuesday staged protest outside the Punjab Assembly at Faisal Chowk, alleging that the government...