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US watchdog demands release of Pakistani Ahmadi woman jailed for blasphemy, calls for end to such laws

US watchdog demands release of Pakistani Ahmadi woman jailed for blasphemy, calls for end to such laws The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has called on Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to release 55-year-old Ramazan Bibi, an Ahmadi woman in jail since last year under blasphemy charges. advertisement UPDATED: January 12, 2021 06:44 IST According to a USCIRF report Pakistan has the highest number cases of state-enforced blasphemy laws, with 184 cases identified between 2014-2018. (Reuters photo) The US religious watchdog appealed to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government that 55-year-old Ramazan Bibi, a Pakistani woman from the country’s minority Ahmadi community, be freed immediately.

Pakistan launches new instant digital payment system

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has launched the country’s first government-run instant digital payment system aimed at boosting the country’s formal economy. Imran Khan termed the new payment system a “big step” towards realising Pakistan’s full potential and the cash economy as the “biggest obstacle” for the country to tap the true potential of the country’s 220 million population. The premier hoped that the new system will help improve digitalisation and resolve inefficiencies in the banking system. What is Raast? The payment system called “Raast” (or direct way) is an initiative of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) in collaboration with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Karandaaz Pakistan to shift the country’s economy from cash to digital. Pakistan’s first instant payment system will offer digital, easy-to-use, efficient and cost-effective payment options to the people. It has been described as “a catalyst for providing sustainable opp

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