Islamabad, Jan 28 (IANS) A rising number of people are being accused of blasphemy for digital crimes in Pakistan with the rights groups terming it as a type of “blasphemy business”, in which fabricated evidence, digitally doctored screenshots, or false witness statements are used to initiate police complaints, a report has detailed. In December, the Lahore High Court’s Rawalpindi Bench acquitted six people who had been sentenced to either life imprisonment or death in a digital blasphemy case. T…
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Islamabad, Jan 16 (IANS) Syndicates, which have entrapped hundreds of people in blasphemy cases for refusing extortion demands continue to remain active in Pakistan, a recent report has cited. It highlighted that the National Commission for Human Rights in Pakistan has said that more than 450 people, mostly men, have been entrapped over the years, and that 10 of them were Christians with at least five of those arrested dying in custody. “In July, the Islamabad High Court in the national capital …
Islamabad, Dec 26 (IANS) Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Friday announced that it would begin a street movement by welcoming Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi in Lahore and holding a public event at the Liberty Roundabout, local media reported. PTI Punjab chief organiser Aliya Hamza Malik said the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will launch a “mass protest movement” as per the instructions given by PTI founder Imran Khan. She asked PTI’s ticket-holders, office-bearers, workers and lawyers in …
Islamabad, Dec 24 (IANS) The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) organised a roundtable meeting in Islamabad on Wednesday, where speakers reiterated the suffocating impact of Pakistan’s Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act 2016 and highlighted structural constraints to press freedom in the country. The meeting drew attention to the impact of subsequent amendments to PECA on ordinary citizens and called for a broad civil society coalition to defend freedom of digital expression in Pakistan….
Islamabad, Dec 22 (IANS) Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers are holding rallies in various parts of the country, in protest against the court’s verdict sentencing PTI founder Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi for 17 years imprisonment in the Toshakhana-II case, the local media reported on Monday. On Sunday, the protesters gathered on the main GT Road outside the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly building in Peshawar on and shouted slogans in favour of the PTI founder. During the protest, Member …