“No grounds for Supreme Court review”, says Asia Bibi’s lawyer, having fled country
World Watch Monitor The lawyer who defended the Pakistani Christian woman Asia Bibi against blasphemy charges and secured her acquittal at the Supreme Court says he does not expect a review of her case to take place. As part of its agreement with an Islamist political party to stop its violent protests, the government is reported to […]
ASIA BIBI: “A VICTORY FOR PAKISTAN AND MILLIONS OF MARGINALISED PEOPLE”
World Watch Monitor reports on the acquittal of Asia Bibi and reactions to it…
Pakistan PM appeals for calm after Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy
World Watch Monitor Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Imran Khan, has urged the nation not to let a fraction of people incite them to take the law into their own hands over the decision of the Supreme Court to release a Christian woman who had been facing the death penalty for blasphemy. The security situation in Pakistan […]
Blasphemy accusation draws mob to Pakistan town’s only Christian street
World Watch Monitor As horrific details emerge of a young Muslim artist being tortured to death for alleged blasphemy, separately a young Christian man has been charged with blaspheming against Islam’s prophet, a crime punishable with death in Pakistan. Farhan Aziz, 26, from Muslim Town in Gujranwala district, about 100 kilometres from Lahore, was arrested on 2nd […]
Pakistan court orders citizens to declare religion
World Watch Monitor Pakistan’s citizens must now declare their religion when applying for identity documents, or if they want to work in government or register to vote, Islamabad’s High Court ruled on Friday. Applicants who disguise their true religion defy the constitution and betray the state, the judge said. Their true religion must now also […]