Islamabad, March 27 (IANS) A leading minority rights group on Friday alleged that Pakistan’s blasphemy laws are being exploited as a tool of systematic coercion, enabling organised religious groups and their allies to intimidate judges, prosecutors, police, and politicians, effectively holding the country’s justice system and broader state machinery hostage. According to the Voice of Pakistan Minority (VOPM), this “blasphemy complex” relies on fear of mob violence, targeted killings, and…
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New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) The Oudh Bar Association (Allahabad High Court, Lucknow bench) has written to Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant expressing concern over “repeated adverse remarks” made against judges of the Allahabad High Court and sought expunging of certain observations made in a recent judgment. In a letter addressed to the CJI, the bar association said that the Supreme Court, while exercising appellate jurisdiction, should avoid making stigmatic remarks against High Court judge…