Fiction: An alleged suicide in Pakistan leads to deeper questions about the country’s blasphemy laws

Sohail Rauf

· May 29, 2024 · 05:30 pm

Pakistan: Police saves woman from angry crowd as they mistake words on her dress for Quranic verses

Scroll Staff

· Feb 26, 2024 · 12:54 pm

In Pakistan, lawmakers back stricter blasphemy laws despite increasing misuse

Naeem Sahoutara, Dawn.com

· Sep 10, 2023 · 07:30 pm

‘Let the gods defend their own honour’ – why blasphemy is an outdated concept in modern democracies

Faisal CK

· Sep 01, 2023 · 06:30 am

Pakistan: Eight churches burnt, Christian homes vandalised after blasphemy accusations

Scroll Staff

· Aug 17, 2023 · 08:37 am

A new book explores the cultural, intellectual, and legal pre-history of India’s ‘blasphemy law’

J Barton Scott

· Apr 24, 2023 · 08:30 am

View from ‘Dawn’: Pakistan must stop politicising religion to prevent violence in the name of faith

Dawn.com

· Apr 20, 2023 · 01:30 pm

Pakistan: Mob lynches man accused of blasphemy inside police station

Scroll Staff

· Feb 12, 2023 · 02:52 pm

Wikipedia ban in Pakistan lifted two days after it was blocked for blasphemous content

Scroll Staff

· Feb 07, 2023 · 01:10 pm

Pakistani woman gets death penalty for sharing ‘blasphemous’ message on WhatsApp

Scroll Staff

· Jan 20, 2022 · 12:52 pm

By condoning religious hate, Pakistan set itself on the path that led to Sialkot lynching

Zahid Hussain, Dawn.com

· Dec 09, 2021 · 01:30 pm

Pakistan: Mob lynches Sri Lankan man, burns his body in public over blasphemy allegations

Scroll Staff

· Dec 03, 2021 · 08:30 pm

Pakistan: Hindu temple vandalised last week has been restored, say authorities

Scroll Staff

· Aug 10, 2021 · 01:13 pm

Watch: In Pakistani animated film ‘Swipe’, an app to order death for blasphemy

Scroll Staff

· Dec 10, 2020 · 09:47 am

France: Charlie Hebdo reprints controversial cartoons on Prophet ahead of 2015 terror attack trial

Scroll Staff

· Sep 01, 2020 · 05:39 pm

This novel set in Pakistan examines what blasphemy laws can do to a country and its people

Osman Haneef

· May 27, 2020 · 08:30 am

Pakistan: Hindu doctor arrested on blasphemy charges in Sindh province

Scroll Staff

· May 28, 2019 · 02:27 pm

Pakistan blasphemy case: Despite acquittal, Asia Bibi is unable to leave the country, says friend

Scroll Staff

· Feb 10, 2019 · 12:15 pm

Pakistan: Supreme Court dismisses review plea against verdict acquitting Asia Bibi of blasphemy

Scroll Staff

· Jan 29, 2019 · 01:37 pm

From Bulleh Shah to Asia Bibi, caste discrimination still runs deep in Pakistan’s Punjab

Haroon Khalid

· Nov 09, 2018 · 12:30 pm