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An image of a young Christian boy wearing a special attire in celebration of the recent Independence Day of Pakistan, and consoling his weeping mother sitting outside ruined remains of what once used to be their home is making rounds on the ...

From the archive in 2012, Ryan Shaffer looks at the history and abolition of the Blasphemy Law in the UK.

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CPNE report reveals media freedom deterioration

CPNE issues 'Pakistan Press Freedom Report 2022' The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) has issued the “Pakistan Press

Quite Contrary: An Autobiography by Whitehouse, Mary at AbeBooks.co.uk - ISBN 10:  0330338390 - ISBN 13:  9780330338394 - Pan - 1994 - Softcover

If there is one thing that Humayun Azad embodied, it was the secular ethos of an independent nation. Hence his life and works could be summed up as a man’s struggle against religious extremism.

Written By 25th Feb 2021 Blurb: The PDM’s effort to oust Imran Khan’s government gives the Islamists greater leverage to negotiate their demand to further Islamise the state with both the leading parties and the army. This may end up helping the military brass maintain the status quo. Pakistani leftist scholar Hamza Alavi once stated that Pakistan’s postcolonial state was the classic example of the ‘overdeveloped’ state because its inherited colonial bureaucratic-military apparatus do...

Pakistan lawmaker apologises for tweet hurting Hindu communitys sentiments Pakistan lawmaker apologises for tweet hurting Hindu communitys sentiments A Pakistani lawmaker from Prime Minister Imran Khans ruling party was forced to apologise and delete a tweet deemed disrespectful to the minority Hindu community after it led to widespread condemnation and calls for action against him. advertisement UPDATED: February 25, 2021 12:39 IST A Pakistani lawmaker from Prime Minister Imran Khans ruling pa...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s televangelist-turned-politician Aamir Liquat Hussain has been forced to apologise for his controversial act of using the image of Hindu deity to mock Maryam Nawaz, the vice-president of opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party. Hussain has been a member of the national assembly of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) from Karachi. On Tuesday, he had shared a screenshot of a news channel that quoted Maryam Nawaz, ex-PM Nawaz Sharif’s daughter, as sayi...