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Nearly seven years since the TLP sit-in, Pakistan has yet to learn any lessons from the unrest

Last week’s incident in Lahore highlights the dangers of dogma and points to an urgent need for reform

Senators condemn Lahore incident of woman harassed for wearing clothes with Arabic calligraphy

Annual report of rights watchdog notes persistent concerns with freedom of expression, violence against women, freedom of religion and belief

Interim information minister likewise maintains conditions in region are ‘normal’ following protests against alleged blasphemy of local cleric

Top cop in Punjab claims such incidents will not reoccur, as government has formed special centers to handle them

Condemnations of attacks on Christian community ring hollow amidst authorities’ failure to implement court orders for protection of minorities’ rights

Interim prime minister vows to ensure protection of minorities, as he visits Jaranwala and distributes Rs. 2 million compensation checques for families whose homes were torched

The tragic incident in Jaranwala is yet another chance for the country to hand down exemplary punishments that serve as warning to violent mobs and their instigators

Videos on social media showed the cleric speaking at a PTI rally when he made a reference perceived as blasphemous by the gathered crowd

During proceedings, judge rules case appears to be have been caused by a ‘misunderstanding’ and there is no reasonable ground for the allegations

Employed at the Dasu Dam project, the suspect is accused of insulting Islam while local staff were offering prayers at the worksite on Saturday

Fawad Chaudhry meets U.S. Ambassador Donald Blome and apprises him of PTI’s concerns with functioning of incumbent government

Using videos of incident, investigators have identified and arrested 60 suspects already and are in process of identifying more

IGP orders inquiry into incident and suspends two police officers for failing to prevent incident

Telecommunication regulator had initially ‘degraded’ the online encyclopedia’s services over failure to remove ‘sacrilegious content’

Telecommunications watchdog says it has already ‘degraded’ Wikipedia services over failure to remove ‘unlawful’ content

Private member bill claims disrespecting ‘sacred’ personalities promotes terrorism and hurts sentiments of people

Foreign Office urges international community to take urgent notice of rising Islamophobia in India and hold incumbent government accountable

Potential lynching narrowly averted after local sanitary worker accused of blasphemy