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TopicBlasphemy laws in Pakistan

Topic: Blasphemy laws in Pakistan

America imagines Asim Munir is the cure to jihadism. He is the disease

Less than an hour earlier, William Putscher had been lunching on a hot dog by the poolside, in the congenial environment of the American...

Pakistani court orders govt to form panel to investigate misuse of blasphemy laws

Islamabad HC passed the order while hearing a case involving multiple blasphemy complaints, with allegations of repeated patterns. Probe body directed to submit report in 4 months.

What is Tehreek-e-Labbaik, the radical group under spotlight after arrest of 11 Pakistanis in Spain

In the 3rd phase of a 3-year-long investigation into radical groups operating in Barcelona, the 11 were held in a joint operation by the Spanish National Police & Italian police forces.

Pakistani cleric endorsed blasphemy killings. Then he said the Prophet didn’t write Quran

Following backlash, the cleric swiftly issued a clarification saying that ‘this was all part of a propaganda campaign against him’ adding that his words have been taken out of context.

Pakistani blogger shares poem on rapes. Gets arrested for insulting Allah

Asma Batool has actively raised her voice against the oppression of minorities in Pakistan. Her YouTube channel has videos of her celebrating Holi and talking about the people of Kashmir.

I love the Prophet, but I was never taught blasphemy is punishable. Yet Pakistan does it

The recent tragedy in Pakistan’s Faisalabad, where mobs burnt churches and Christian homes over blasphemy allegations, cast an agonising spotlight on the plight of minorities in the country.

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Henry George’s Single Tax offers a democratic alternative to communist remedies: DM Kulkarni

The immediate benefit of Single Tax would be to reduce the sale prices of land to nominal ones. Landowners would no longer find it profitable to keep idle lands, wrote DM Kulkarni in 1960.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.