Several celebrities and politicians have come out in support of the Aurat March organisers after doctored material framing them as blasphemers circulated on social media. “Ban all the women once and for all,” said singer Meesha Shafi. “End of story!” She remarked women cannot even protest peacefully on a day that has been designated for them. Classic, twisted and dark. A marginalized, victimized and vulnerable sector of society takes peacefully to the streets on a universally designated single day set aside for them, the usual rabid suspects take it straight into the twilight zone! This place is literally sick! SICK! MEESHA SHAFI (@itsmeeshashafi) March 11, 2021 Politician J.
In Pakistan, a college teacher was sentenced to ten years in jail for a supposed blasphemous lecture presented in class on January 8, 2021. According to Aljazeera news, judge Raja Jawad announced the decision based on the charges filed in 2017. Another anti-terrorism court sentenced three to death for social media posts deemed insulting to the Prophet Muhammad under Pakistan’s blasphemy law.
In June 2020, Tahar Ahmed Naseem was shot in a courtroom hearing in Peshawar for claiming he was the Prophet, Muhammad. Pakistani Blasphemy laws are known as some of the harshest blasphemy laws in the world; The Diplomat Post going as far as to label them, “bloodthirsty laws.” As shown, these laws propagate violence, discrimination, and unfortunately used as a malicious tool, to target minority groups in Pakistan, and further personal vendettas, while also not being properly enforced.
Zoo administration told to reply to plea seeking natural habitat for animals
Karachi
February 11, 2021
The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday issued notices to the provincial law officer, the Karachi Zoological Gardens’ administration and others on a petition seeking natural habitat for the animals housed at the city’s zoo.
S Yahya Ahmed of a non-governmental organisation said in his petition that the zoological gardens’ administration is primarily responsible for causing a significant damage to the animals housed at the zoo. Ahmed said that there have been reports of deaths and illnesses of animals at the zoo but the administration is reluctant to disclose the health conditions of the animals.
Felix Allen
Updated: 2 Feb 2021, 10:36
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A CHRISTIAN nurse was reportedly tied up, stripped and tortured by a mob inside a hospital in Pakistan after a Muslim colleague falsely accused her of blasphemy.
Medical staff joined in the vicious attack on Tabitha Nazir Gill, 30, at the Sobhraj Maternity Hospital in Karachi where she has worked for nine years.
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Tabitha Nazir Gill, left, was surrounded by an angry mob at the hospital where she works in KarachiCredit: Twitter / Nailainayat
Tabitha, who is known for singing Gospel songs in Urdu, is believed to have been the target of a vendetta by a colleague, according to local reports.