Persecution of minorities under blasphemy continues in Pakistan

Jul 26, 2022

Lahore [Pakistan], July 27 : The targeting of religious minorities has been continuing in Pakistan under blasphemy as a large number of innocent persons...

Pakistan Police arrest 3 under controversial blasphemy law

Aug 08, 2021

Islamabad [Pakistan], August 8 : Pakistan Police have arrested three people under controversial blasphemy law for allegedly desecrating the holy Quran in Abbottabad and...

Human Rights Watch urges Pakistan to quash longstanding blasphemy case of academic Junaid Hafeez

Feb 27, 2026

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Pakistani authorities to quash the decades-long blasphemy conviction of academic Junaid Hafeez, who has been held in...

Atheists in Pakistan fearful as crackdowns on digital blasphemy continue

May 23, 2022

Islamabad [Pakistan], May 23 : Blasphemy arrests and mob violence continue to escalate in Pakistan as blasphemy laws are leading to the erasure of...

USCIRF calls Pak to release Ramzan Bibi who is detained under blasphemy laws

Jan 07, 2021

Washington [US], January 07 : United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) Commissioner James W. Carr on Thursday announced his adoption of Ramzan...

Muslim woman charged of blasphemy sentenced to death in Pakistan

Sep 29, 2021

Lahore [Pakistan], September 29 : A Pakistani sessions court passed on a verdict of death penalty to a Muslim woman of blasphemy under the...