'Pakistan Blasphemy Protest' - 25 News Result(s)
- World News | Press Trust of India | Monday August 22, 2022A Hindu sanitation worker has been arrested in Pakistan for allegedly committing blasphemy by burning pages of a religious book following a series of protests by an extremist group, a senior police official said on Monday.
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- World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday January 29, 2019Asia Bibi, the Christian woman at the centre of a blasphemy row which has ignited violent protests, been linked to two assassinations and spotlighted religious extremism in Pakistan, is expected to leave the country after its top court on Tuesday upheld her acquittal of the inflammatory charge.
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- World News | Reuters | Monday January 28, 2019Pakistan's Supreme Court will on Tuesday begin a review of its own acquittal of a Christian woman charged with blasphemy, a verdict that sparked days of Islamist protests and threats and chaos across the country.
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- World News | Reuters | Saturday November 24, 2018Pakistani authorities on Friday night arrested an ultra-right religious party leader whose followers have shut down major cities demanding stricter application of stringent laws on blasphemy against Islam.
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- World News | Reuters | Tuesday November 13, 2018Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday talks were underway with Pakistan over a Pakistani Christian woman whose acquittal on blasphemy charges against Islam last month sparked days of protests in the South Asian country.
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- World News | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday November 9, 2018Pakistani Christian woman Asia Bibi's lawyer on Friday said he was seeking asylum for his client and her family in The Netherlands amid violent protests in Pakistan by radical Islamists against her acquittal in a blasphemy case.
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- World News | Agence France-Presse | Sunday November 4, 2018The husband of a Pakistani Christian woman at the centre of a divisive blasphemy case on Saturday criticised a government deal with Islamists that left her in legal limbo, and called on authorities to protect her.
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- World News | Press Trust of India | Saturday November 3, 2018Situation in Pakistan returned to normalcy on Saturday as the massive countrywide protests led by hundreds of radical Islamist hardliners against the acquittal of a Christian woman in a blasphemy case came to a halt following a deal with the government. Asia Bibi, a 47-year-old mother of four, was convicted in 2010 after being accused of insulting ...
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- World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday November 3, 2018Islamist hardliners incensed by the acquittal of a Christian woman for blasphemy in Pakistan are to end their three-day protest after they reached an agreement with the government, a protest spokesman and ministers said late Friday.
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- World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday November 2, 2018Pakistan's powerful military warned Friday its patience had been thoroughly tested after being threatened by Islamist hardliners enraged by the acquittal of a Christian woman for blasphemy, as the country braced for more mass protests.
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- World News | Press Trust of India | Thursday November 1, 2018A Christian woman who was convicted of blasphemy and was acquitted by Pakistan's Supreme Court is likely to be flown out of the country as the landmark verdict sparked countrywide protests and death threats from hardline groups.
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- World News | Reuters | Sunday February 25, 2018Rome's ancient Colosseum was lit in red on Saturday in solidarity with persecuted Christians, particularly Asia Bibi, a woman condemned to death under Pakistan's blasphemy laws.
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- World News | Agence France-Presse | Monday November 27, 2017Pakistan's law minister Zahid Hamid has resigned, state media reported Monday, meeting a key demand of Islamist protesters who have clashed violently with security forces and blockaded the capital Islamabad for weeks.
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- World News | Reuters | Monday November 27, 2017A Pakistani hardline Islamist group whose supporters clashed with police over the weekend is to call off its weeks-long protest after the government agreed to its demands and the law minister resigned, the group's spokesman said on Monday.
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- World News | Press Trust of India | Monday November 27, 2017Pakistan's Law Minister Zahid Hamid has tendered his resignation following the deadly clashes across the country between police and protesters belonging to hardline religious groups, state broadcaster said today.
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'Pakistan Blasphemy Protest' - 25 News Result(s)
- World News | Press Trust of India | Monday August 22, 2022A Hindu sanitation worker has been arrested in Pakistan for allegedly committing blasphemy by burning pages of a religious book following a series of protests by an extremist group, a senior police official said on Monday.
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- World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday January 29, 2019Asia Bibi, the Christian woman at the centre of a blasphemy row which has ignited violent protests, been linked to two assassinations and spotlighted religious extremism in Pakistan, is expected to leave the country after its top court on Tuesday upheld her acquittal of the inflammatory charge.
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- World News | Reuters | Monday January 28, 2019Pakistan's Supreme Court will on Tuesday begin a review of its own acquittal of a Christian woman charged with blasphemy, a verdict that sparked days of Islamist protests and threats and chaos across the country.
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- World News | Reuters | Saturday November 24, 2018Pakistani authorities on Friday night arrested an ultra-right religious party leader whose followers have shut down major cities demanding stricter application of stringent laws on blasphemy against Islam.
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- World News | Reuters | Tuesday November 13, 2018Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday talks were underway with Pakistan over a Pakistani Christian woman whose acquittal on blasphemy charges against Islam last month sparked days of protests in the South Asian country.
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- World News | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday November 9, 2018Pakistani Christian woman Asia Bibi's lawyer on Friday said he was seeking asylum for his client and her family in The Netherlands amid violent protests in Pakistan by radical Islamists against her acquittal in a blasphemy case.
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- World News | Agence France-Presse | Sunday November 4, 2018The husband of a Pakistani Christian woman at the centre of a divisive blasphemy case on Saturday criticised a government deal with Islamists that left her in legal limbo, and called on authorities to protect her.
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- World News | Press Trust of India | Saturday November 3, 2018Situation in Pakistan returned to normalcy on Saturday as the massive countrywide protests led by hundreds of radical Islamist hardliners against the acquittal of a Christian woman in a blasphemy case came to a halt following a deal with the government. Asia Bibi, a 47-year-old mother of four, was convicted in 2010 after being accused of insulting ...
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- World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday November 3, 2018Islamist hardliners incensed by the acquittal of a Christian woman for blasphemy in Pakistan are to end their three-day protest after they reached an agreement with the government, a protest spokesman and ministers said late Friday.
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- World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday November 2, 2018Pakistan's powerful military warned Friday its patience had been thoroughly tested after being threatened by Islamist hardliners enraged by the acquittal of a Christian woman for blasphemy, as the country braced for more mass protests.
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- World News | Press Trust of India | Thursday November 1, 2018A Christian woman who was convicted of blasphemy and was acquitted by Pakistan's Supreme Court is likely to be flown out of the country as the landmark verdict sparked countrywide protests and death threats from hardline groups.
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- World News | Reuters | Sunday February 25, 2018Rome's ancient Colosseum was lit in red on Saturday in solidarity with persecuted Christians, particularly Asia Bibi, a woman condemned to death under Pakistan's blasphemy laws.
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- World News | Agence France-Presse | Monday November 27, 2017Pakistan's law minister Zahid Hamid has resigned, state media reported Monday, meeting a key demand of Islamist protesters who have clashed violently with security forces and blockaded the capital Islamabad for weeks.
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- World News | Reuters | Monday November 27, 2017A Pakistani hardline Islamist group whose supporters clashed with police over the weekend is to call off its weeks-long protest after the government agreed to its demands and the law minister resigned, the group's spokesman said on Monday.
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- World News | Press Trust of India | Monday November 27, 2017Pakistan's Law Minister Zahid Hamid has tendered his resignation following the deadly clashes across the country between police and protesters belonging to hardline religious groups, state broadcaster said today.
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