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Saturday, April 4, 2026
TopicPakistan blasphemy

Topic: Pakistan blasphemy

Pakistani police arrest two Christians accused of blasphemy, days after mob burnt churches

Paramilitary troops have been guarding the Christian settlement in the eastern part of the country after the mob vandalised at least 5 churches and set scores of houses on fire.

75 years of blasphemy killings in Pakistan. God has a vigilante army

There’s no will in Pakistan to engage in the fraught debate that the Quran has 'no notion of blasphemy'. The blasphemy laws show that real power lies with the clerics.

‘Why I Left Islam’ author to Pakistanis — ‘stop forcing the religion on your children’

After Iran, Pakistan has one of the strictest blasphemy laws in the world.

One place in Pakistan where blasphemy laws won’t haunt you—in your dreams

The colonial-era blasphemy laws were expanded upon during General Zia-Ul Haq’s reign and made more stringent.

‘Allah on Modi’s side’ & Wilders tweets — 27 posts Pakistani law agencies want Twitter to delete

Information on Pakistan’s requests accessed from Lumen database, a repository of takedown notices hosted by Harvard University's Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society.

In Pakistan, 3 women kill teacher after 13-yr-old dreams of her blasphemy

Journalist Rabia Mehmood said women committing murder themselves using Islam as an excuse is new to Pakistan.

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Maach & mutton for Mission Bengal. What BJP-TMC are cooking in new poll battleground

The stereotype of the fish-loving Bengali has now become a contested political site and both the BJP and TMC know it. And the voters do too.

SEBI proposes return of open market share buybacks to support stocks

Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.

South Korea’s Cheongung-II missile system makes its mark in West Asia war. Here’s why

UAE has been using this defence system, which is similar to America's Patriots, against Iranian missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.