A man in northwestern Pakistan was arrested for allegedly insulting the Quran during a heated argument after police were alerted that an angry mob wanted to lynch the suspect.
A court convicted a Pakistani teen on November 23rd for killing a man who was standing on trial back in 2020 for blasphemy charges.
(1/2) A Peshawar anti-terrorism court sentenced a man to life for killing a blasphemy accused in 2020, but acquitted two co-accused due to lack of evidence. https://t.co/ZM40qrTDpU
Pakistan’s top body of clerics declared that virtual private networks or VPNs violate Islamic laws, Pakistani officials said on November 18th, as the country’s Ministry of Interior seeks to ban the service, which allows people to evade censorship in countries with strict Internet controls.
Pakistan is seeing a rise in online blasphemy cases, where hundreds of young men are standing trial in court for allegedly making blasphemous statements or sharing blasphemous content online or on WhatsApp.
A Pakistani cleric who once vocally advocated for putting anyone charged with blasphemy to death is forced into hiding after being accused of blasphemy due to his remarks about the Prophet Muhammad and the Quran.
Pak Mufti Tariq Masood, once calling for strict punishment under blasphemy laws, now humbly asks for forgiveness after insulting Prophet.
A Pakistani police officer shot and killed a man who was being held in custody after he was accused of blasphemy, authorities in Pakistan reported on September 12th.
Pakistani Muslim man accused of blasphemy shot de@d inside a police station by the very policeman guarding it.
Police said on June 24th that a 14-year-old boy in Pakistan reportedly stabbed a man belonging to the country’s Shia Muslim minority to death for allegedly speaking against the companions of the Prophet Muhammad in Punjab province.
A 14-year-old kid named Rehan stabbed an elderly man repeatedly and killed him in the Pakistani city of Gujrat, Punjab after a sectarian debate. pic.twitter.com/BO0aAOjVue
A Pakistani court sentenced a Christian man to death for reportedly sharing what it claimed was hateful content against Muslims on social media after one of the worst mob attacks on Christians in the eastern province of Punjab last year, his lawyer said, adding they will appeal the verdict.
Authorities in Pakistan have begun an investigation to identify and arrest members of a Muslim mob in northwestern Pakistan that ransacked a police station, snatched a man held there, and lynched him after he was accused of blasphemy after he reportedly desecrated a Quran.
Local authorities detained a man in Pakistan in a mental hospital after he applied to set up the first gay club in the conservative, Muslim-majority nation.
A man who tried to open Pakistan's first gay club was admitted to a mental hospital by Pakistani authorities. pic.twitter.com/NIYrANK262
