ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Senior Vice-President Fawad Chaudhry held a meeting with US Ambassador Donald Blome and other senior officials on Thursday. Taking to Twitter, the former information minister said: “Had a good meeting with US ambassador and senior officials. The ...

LAHORE – A session court in the Punjab capital has sentenced a bicycle mechanic Ashfaq Masih to death, five years after he was arrested on blasphemy charges. Reports in the media said Ashfaq, a resident of Mariam Colony in Lahore’s Green Town, was detained after a row with a customer over ...

Prime Minister’s Special Representative for Interfaith Harmony and Middle East Maulana Hafiz Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi on Wednesday said nobody would be allowed to misuse of blasphemy law in the country. Reacting on former Human Rights Minister Dr Shireen Mazari’s letter about misuse of blasphemy ...

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has sent letters to special representatives of the United Nations against the ‘misuse of blasphemy law’ by the incumbent government against the top opposition leaders. Former human rights minister Shireen Mazari has approached UN rapporteurs on ...

ISLAMABAD – The Islamabad High Court has ordered the authorities not to harass former ruling PTI leaders in connection with blasphemy cases following a sloganeering incident at Masjid-e-Nabwi -- one of the holiest places for Muslims. Reports say IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah on Monday ...

Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has strongly condemned the recent deplorable incident at Masjid e Nabvi (SAWW), declaring that the government will not create hurdle if any citizen wants to take any legal action against the accused culprits. He was addressing a news conference in Lahore on ...

Chairman Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) Dr. Qibla Ayaz says the Council is making all out efforts to highlight soft image of Islam through legislation and consensus of all schools of thought. In an exclusive interview with News and Current Affairs Channel of Radio Pakistan, he said Islam does ...

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has reaffirmed Pakistan's commitment to further deepen partnership with the European Union. Addressing virtually the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday, he said Pakistan considers the EU a highly valued partner and remains open to ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan is disappointed at the adoption of a resolution at the European Parliament on blasphemy laws in the country, said foreign office in a statement. The EU Parliament’s resolution calls for a review of the GSP+ status granted to Pakistan in view of an increase in the use of ...

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan has ordered a U.S.-based website propagating the faith of Pakistan's minority Ahmadis shut down over allegedly blasphemous content, one of the site's managers said Thursday. Harris Zafar said Pakistan’s Telecommunication Authority earlier this month issued a legal notice ...