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Pakistan court sentences Briton to death for blasphemy

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 21:17

A 65-year-old British national of Pakistani origin was today sentenced to death under the controversial blasphemy law by a court in the garrison city of Rawalpindi.

Pak Ahmadi doctor arrested for `posing as a Muslim`

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 17, 2013, 13:36

A doctor from Pakistan`s minority Ahmadi community has been arrested for allegedly "posing as a Muslim" under the country`s draconian blasphemy law after a complaint by his patients.

Pak clerics against death to false accuser under blasphemy law

Last Updated: Friday, September 20, 2013, 13:02

Pakistan`s top clerics have struck down a proposal for awarding death sentence to people making false accusations under the controversial blasphemy law.

Paedophiles blackmailing kids into sex acts online

Last Updated: Friday, September 20, 2013, 13:02

Paedophiles are blackmailing British children into performing sex acts online, threatening them to send their obscene images to their family and friends.

Shahbaz Bhatti`s killer arrested: Pak police

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 12:21

Pakistan police have arrested a Taliban militant allegedly involved in the killing of former Minister for Minorities` Affairs Shahbaz Bhatti, who was shot dead for speaking against the blasphemy laws.

Bangladesh violence: 28 killed, top Hefazat leader remanded

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 7, 2013, 19:25

A top leader of a radical outfit, demanding a tougher blasphemy law in Bangladesh, was remanded to police custody in connection with raging violence that claimed 28 lives.

Four killed in Bangladesh violence

Last Updated: Sunday, May 5, 2013, 23:48

Violence gripped the Bangladeshi capital on Sunday as thousands of Islamists chanting "Allahu Akbar" and demanding a tougher blasphemy law set ablaze 100 shops and clashed with the police.

Vendor arrested under blasphemy law in Pakistan

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 26, 2013, 11:46

Pakistani police have arrested a vendor under the controversial blasphemy law for allegedly burning the pages of Quran in Lahore.

Pak woman facing death for blasphemy to seek asylum

Last Updated: Thursday, December 13, 2012, 11:55

Asia Bibi was sentenced in November 2010 to death by hanging after a conviction for blasphemy.

Dutch to scrap blasphemy law on insulting God

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 28, 2012, 23:43

The Almighty will have to defend his own name from now on: Dutch parliament has accepted a motion that will scrap a law making it a crime to insult God.

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.

Majority of Russians favour blasphemy law

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 26, 2012, 14:11

The Duma, parliament`s lower house, will next week debate amendments to the country`s criminal code.