A robber who went viral after a video of him stealing from an ATM in Faisalabad and then sticking his tongue out at the camera surfaced on the social media, died in police custody, Geo News reported on Sunday. The suspect, who was identified as Salahuddin and arrested in Rahim Yar Khan a month after the video […]
Lynching in Pakistan: His time never came. He was killed. His name was Rehan. He was 15.
He was 15 years old. In some reports, the age is given as 16 or 17. He was skinny, had the sunburnt skin of a child who spent much time outdoors. His hair was styled in that swept-upwards hairdo that young boys and teenagers have everywhere in 2019. There were streaks of gold in his hair, salon-treated […]
Political abuse of Human rights in Pakistan
Provincial and local governments have arrested journalists and closed newspapers that report on matters perceived as socially offensive or critical of the government or military. Journalists also have been victims of violence and intimidation by various groups and individuals. In spite of these difficulties, the press publishes freely on other matters, although journalists often exercise […]
Blasphemy case of Anwar Masih
Anwar Masih, 32, from Lahore (Punjab) was arrested for blasphemy offences on November 28, 2003. He was charged under section 295 and 295-A of Pakistan’s Penal Code. On December 17, 2004, Lahore’s Judicial Magistrate Court in Lahore acquitted him on all counts. Things should have ended there; however, Mr Masih had to go into hiding, […]
Rashid Rehman Murdered Case
A Pakistani lawyer and activist who had complained about receiving death threats after he took on a controversial blasphemy case, has been shot dead by gunmen who stormed into his office. Rashid Rehman was shot and killed by two men who entered his office at 8.30pm on Wednesday in the city of Multan and opened […]
BLASPHEMY CASE OF ANJUM SANDHU
Anjum Sandhu, a Pakistani Christian who was on a death row since 2016 had been acquitted by a local court in 2018. Anjum was accused of committing blasphemy- was “clearly fabricated”, as his defense counsel termed it. The acquittal was a rare instance, as the court deemed lack of substantial evidence against Anjum. On March […]
BLASPHEMY CASE OF AJMAL NIAZI
The Lahore High Court, in September 2013, suspended a lower court’s directions to the police to register a blasphemy case against columnist Ajmal Niazi for portraying Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) as ‘secular’ in his columns and book. The court also issued the respondents a notice. An additional district and session’s judge, on September 5, directed the […]
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