Islamabad court sentences three men to death for blasphemy on social media
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Case has been pending in the Islamabad ATC for the last four years
Court reserved its verdict on December 15, 2020
ISLAMABAD: An anti-terrorism court in Islamabad has sentenced three men to death for publishing blasphemous content on social media.
The case has been pending in the Islamabad ATC for the last four years, Geo News reported.
The trial was completed and the court reserved its verdict on December 15, 2020.
Anti-terrorism court judge Raja Jawad Abbas heard the case on Friday.
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Gulf leaders signed a “solidarity and stability” agreement towards ending the diplomatic rift with Qatar at a summit in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.
The announcement was made at the Gulf Arab leaders’ meeting in Saudi Arabia, with the annual summit taking place amid a breakthrough in the dispute between a Saudi Arabia-led bloc and Qatar that started in June 2017.
Leaders of the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) signed the Al-Ula declaration, named after the Saudi city where the summit is being held, and a final communique.
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losing statement of the summit in full:
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The US Department of State welcomed the decision to open the airspace and the land and sea borders between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the State of Qatar.
“A resolution of the wider three-year dispute between the Quartet and Qatar is in the interest of all Gulf Cooperation Council GCC members as well as the interest of the United States,” said a State Department spokesperson in a statement to Al Hurra TV channel.
Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al Mohammad Al Sabah announced on Monday that an agreement had been reached according to which the airspace and land and sea borders would be opened between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the State of Qatar, starting from Monday night.
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