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Inspired By "Blasphemy Killer", New Pakistani Party Eyes 2018 vote
The head of a new Pakistani Islamist party that lionizes the killer of a provincial governor said it would take its rallying cry of "death to blasphemers" to next year's general election, after its surprisingly strong showing in a recent vote.
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Pakistani Student Accused Of Blasphemy Beaten To Death On Campus
A mob beat a Pakistani student to death at his university campus on Thursday after he was accused of sharing blasphemous content on social media, university and police officials said. A group of about 10 students shouted "Allahu Akbar" during the attack on fellow student Mashal Khan, who was stripped naked and beaten with planks until his skull cav...
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Shahbaz Taseer's Kidnapper Among 6 Killed By Pakistan
Pakistan police claim to have killed over six Taliban terrorists, including one who is accused of kidnapping Shahbaz Taseer, the son of murdered Paksitan Punjab governor Salman Taseer.
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Shahbaz Taseer, Son of Murdered Pak Governor, Found After 5 Years In Captivity
Shahbaz Taseer, son of Pakistani politician Salman Taseer, has been found by security forces five years after he was kidnapped.
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Executed Pakistani Hailed As Hero Of Islam For Supporting Blasphemy Law
Tens of thousands of supporters today cheered and threw flowers at the casket of a bodyguard executed for killing the governor of Pakistan's most populous province over his call to reform a strict blasphemy law.
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Pakistan Hangs Islamist Who Killed Blasphemy Reform Governor: Police
Pakistan hanged the assassin of a governor today who sought reform of the country's blasphemy law, officials and supporters told AFP, saying Mumtaz Qadri had been executed at a prison in Rawalpindi.
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Pak Taliban admit to holding Shahbaz Taseer for first time
A reporter for The New York Times, David Rohde, who was captured in Afghanistan, fled captivity in North Waziristan with an Afghan colleague in 2009, but otherwise successful escapes are rare. Others currently in captivity include Mr Khan, who went missing in September 2010; Warren Weinstein, an American consultant whose kidnapping has been claimed...
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Pak court gives death sentence to Salmaan Taseer's assassin
A Pakistani anti-terrorism court handed down the death sentence to the police guard on Friday. The guard had assassinated Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer for calling for changes in the country's controversial blasphemy law.
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Full transcript Your Call with Aatish Taseer
Son of well-known Indian journalist Tavleen Singh and Salman Taseer, former Governor of Punjab in Pakistan, who was assassinated earlier this year in January, Aatish Taseer is a young writer who has already written his third book. The book is a thought provoking book on a personal journey of a discovery of a father and some countries along the way.
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UN calls for moratorium on use of Pak's blasphemy law
UN has appealed to Pakistan to put a moratorium on the use of controversial blasphemy law as it condemned the killing of the nation's only Christian cabinet minister Shahbaz Bhatti, saying extremism is "poisoning" the society there.Pakistan's Minority Affairs Minister Bhatti, a vocal critic of blasphemy law, was shot dead yesterday by Taliban milit...
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International media on Bhatti assassination
Gunmen shot and killed the Christian Pakistani government minister for religious minorities on Wednesday, the latest attack on a high-profile figure threatened by Muslim militants for urging reform of harsh blasphemy laws that impose the death penalty for insulting Islam. The killing of Shahbaz Bhatti further undermines Pakistan's shaky image as a ...
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Prosecutor in Taseer murder case quits
The prosecutor who was pursuing slain Punjab governor Salman Taseer's murder case in a Pakistani court has withdrawn from the case citing security concerns, a media report said Friday. Prosecutor Saiful Malook cited security concerns and lack of instructions from the government while withdrawing from the case, the Express Tribune reported.S...
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Latif Khosa succeeds Taseer as Pak Punjab Governor
Senior PPP leader Latif Khan Khosa took oath as Governor of Pakistan's most populous and politically crucial province of Punjab, succeeding the slain Salmaan Taseer.Khosa was sworn in by Lahore High Court Chief Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry during a ceremony held at the Governor's House on Thursday evening.He became the 33rd Governor of Punjab since ...
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Taseer's assassin guarded Zardari too: Report
The police guard who gunned down Punjab Governor Salman Taseer was assigned to protect key personalities, including Pakistan's President, Prime Minister and foreign delegations and has heightened security fears among the country's elite.Self-confessed killer, Mumtaz Qadri, was detailed on protection duties on as many as 509 occasions in the past th...
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Lawyers' support for Taseer's assassin worries Pak
Cheering crowds have gathered in recent days to support the assassin who riddled the governor of Punjab with 26 bullets and to praise his attack -- carried out in the name of the Prophet Muhammad -- as an act of heroism. To the surprise of many, chief among them have been Pakistan's young lawyers, once seen as a force for democracy. Their energetic...
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Inspired By "Blasphemy Killer", New Pakistani Party Eyes 2018 vote
The head of a new Pakistani Islamist party that lionizes the killer of a provincial governor said it would take its rallying cry of "death to blasphemers" to next year's general election, after its surprisingly strong showing in a recent vote.
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Pakistani Student Accused Of Blasphemy Beaten To Death On Campus
A mob beat a Pakistani student to death at his university campus on Thursday after he was accused of sharing blasphemous content on social media, university and police officials said. A group of about 10 students shouted "Allahu Akbar" during the attack on fellow student Mashal Khan, who was stripped naked and beaten with planks until his skull cav...
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Shahbaz Taseer's Kidnapper Among 6 Killed By Pakistan
Pakistan police claim to have killed over six Taliban terrorists, including one who is accused of kidnapping Shahbaz Taseer, the son of murdered Paksitan Punjab governor Salman Taseer.
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Shahbaz Taseer, Son of Murdered Pak Governor, Found After 5 Years In Captivity
Shahbaz Taseer, son of Pakistani politician Salman Taseer, has been found by security forces five years after he was kidnapped.
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Executed Pakistani Hailed As Hero Of Islam For Supporting Blasphemy Law
Tens of thousands of supporters today cheered and threw flowers at the casket of a bodyguard executed for killing the governor of Pakistan's most populous province over his call to reform a strict blasphemy law.
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Pakistan Hangs Islamist Who Killed Blasphemy Reform Governor: Police
Pakistan hanged the assassin of a governor today who sought reform of the country's blasphemy law, officials and supporters told AFP, saying Mumtaz Qadri had been executed at a prison in Rawalpindi.
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Pak Taliban admit to holding Shahbaz Taseer for first time
A reporter for The New York Times, David Rohde, who was captured in Afghanistan, fled captivity in North Waziristan with an Afghan colleague in 2009, but otherwise successful escapes are rare. Others currently in captivity include Mr Khan, who went missing in September 2010; Warren Weinstein, an American consultant whose kidnapping has been claimed...
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Pak court gives death sentence to Salmaan Taseer's assassin
A Pakistani anti-terrorism court handed down the death sentence to the police guard on Friday. The guard had assassinated Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer for calling for changes in the country's controversial blasphemy law.
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Full transcript Your Call with Aatish Taseer
Son of well-known Indian journalist Tavleen Singh and Salman Taseer, former Governor of Punjab in Pakistan, who was assassinated earlier this year in January, Aatish Taseer is a young writer who has already written his third book. The book is a thought provoking book on a personal journey of a discovery of a father and some countries along the way.
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UN calls for moratorium on use of Pak's blasphemy law
UN has appealed to Pakistan to put a moratorium on the use of controversial blasphemy law as it condemned the killing of the nation's only Christian cabinet minister Shahbaz Bhatti, saying extremism is "poisoning" the society there.Pakistan's Minority Affairs Minister Bhatti, a vocal critic of blasphemy law, was shot dead yesterday by Taliban milit...
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International media on Bhatti assassination
Gunmen shot and killed the Christian Pakistani government minister for religious minorities on Wednesday, the latest attack on a high-profile figure threatened by Muslim militants for urging reform of harsh blasphemy laws that impose the death penalty for insulting Islam. The killing of Shahbaz Bhatti further undermines Pakistan's shaky image as a ...
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Prosecutor in Taseer murder case quits
The prosecutor who was pursuing slain Punjab governor Salman Taseer's murder case in a Pakistani court has withdrawn from the case citing security concerns, a media report said Friday. Prosecutor Saiful Malook cited security concerns and lack of instructions from the government while withdrawing from the case, the Express Tribune reported.S...
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Latif Khosa succeeds Taseer as Pak Punjab Governor
Senior PPP leader Latif Khan Khosa took oath as Governor of Pakistan's most populous and politically crucial province of Punjab, succeeding the slain Salmaan Taseer.Khosa was sworn in by Lahore High Court Chief Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry during a ceremony held at the Governor's House on Thursday evening.He became the 33rd Governor of Punjab since ...
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Taseer's assassin guarded Zardari too: Report
The police guard who gunned down Punjab Governor Salman Taseer was assigned to protect key personalities, including Pakistan's President, Prime Minister and foreign delegations and has heightened security fears among the country's elite.Self-confessed killer, Mumtaz Qadri, was detailed on protection duties on as many as 509 occasions in the past th...
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Lawyers' support for Taseer's assassin worries Pak
Cheering crowds have gathered in recent days to support the assassin who riddled the governor of Punjab with 26 bullets and to praise his attack -- carried out in the name of the Prophet Muhammad -- as an act of heroism. To the surprise of many, chief among them have been Pakistan's young lawyers, once seen as a force for democracy. Their energetic...
