Pak teacher forced into hiding after ‘blasphemy’

Last Updated: Saturday, November 3, 2012, 13:20

A teacher in Pakistan at the centre of a blasphemy row has been forced into hiding as school management denied all responsibility for the “dirty act”.

Blasphemy row: Protesters set Pak school on fire

Last Updated: Thursday, November 1, 2012, 16:12

A large number of people, including activists of religious parties, ransacked and set on fire a girls` school in Lahore and clashed with police.

Pak man shot dead after being acquitted of blasphemy

Last Updated: Saturday, October 20, 2012, 15:06

A Pakistani man who was acquitted of a blasphemy charge has been shot dead by two men in Punjab province.

Block access to blasphemous material on internet: Pak court

Last Updated: Friday, October 19, 2012, 12:39

A Pakistani court has directed the federal government to immediately block access to "blasphemous material" on Google and YouTube.

Pak releases cleric in Christian girl blasphemy case

Last Updated: Friday, October 12, 2012, 23:51

Khalid Chishti was detained on September 1 on a charge of blasphemy for desecrating the Quran and planting evidence that was used against the girl Rimsha Masih.

Mob ransacks house of Pak boy accused of blasphemy

Last Updated: Thursday, October 11, 2012, 14:21

A mob led by Islamic clerics ransacked the home of a teenage Christian boy in Karachi and set fire to furniture and some other household articles.

Paresh Rawal defends `Oh My God` against blasphemy charges

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 3, 2012, 13:18

While a cacophony of protests rose against the anti-ritualistic attack on religion in Umesh Shukla`s ‘Oh My God’, the film`s leading man and co-producer Paresh Rawal remains unfazed.

Witnesses in Pak blasphemy case turn hostile

Last Updated: Monday, October 1, 2012, 16:44

The men who had accused a cleric of tampering evidence to implicate Rimsha in blasphemy case withdrew their statements.

Blasphemy case against Muslims for ransacking temp

Last Updated: Sunday, September 30, 2012, 19:03

The case is said to be ``fairly unusual``, as Pakistan`s harsh blasphemy laws are more often invoked against alleged insults to Islam, not minority faiths.

Hindus attacked in Pak; 9 charged under blasphemy law

Last Updated: Sunday, September 30, 2012, 12:56

Nine men who damaged a temple and attacked homes of Hindus during protest against an anti-Islam film have been charged under Pak`s harsh blasphemy law.