Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 02:44
Blasphemy is an extremely sensitive issue in Islamic Pakistan and insulting the Prophet Mohammed can carry the death penalty.
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.
Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 13:27
A Pakistani-born Briton has been sentenced to death for blasphemy Thursday, a media report said Friday.
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.
Last Updated: Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 15:41
Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, set to retire next month, has said Pakistan`s judicial system has taken roots and cannot be influenced even after his retirement.
Last Updated: Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 13:54
A young man in Pakistan`s Punjab Province has been arrested for sharing blasphemous content on Facebook, as the government launched a crackdown on the spread of such content on social media.
Last Updated: Wednesday, October 2, 2013, 18:04
Several Sunni organisations have held ceremonies in cities across Pakistan to honour Malik Mumtaz Qadri, the policeman who assassinated Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer two years ago.
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 are blackmailing British children into performing sex acts online, threatening them to send their obscene images to their family and friends.
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.
Last Updated: Sunday, August 18, 2013, 11:09
A Muslim cleric, who accused a Christian girl of blasphemy, has himself been acquitted on similar charges by a Pakistan court.
Last Updated: Wednesday, July 17, 2013, 18:27
Pakistani authorities have acknowledged for the first time that the country has no technology to block blasphemous contents on websites, including videos posted on YouTube.
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