June 11, 2017

Journalist beaten up by politician’s guards: police

June 11, 2017

KARACHI: A journalist was on Saturday beaten up by guards of a politician belonging to the Pakistan Muslim League-Functional for raising objections over rash driving, said SSP-South Saqib Ismail Memon. The police officer told Dawn that he visited the JPMC hospital where the reporter of The Express Tribune, Zubair Ashraf, was sent for a medical examination. SSP Memon said that

First death sentence handed to man for blasphemy on social media

June 11, 2017

First death sentence handed to man for blasphemy on social media An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Saturday sentenced a man to death for sharing blasphemous content about Islam on social media, a government prosecutor said. ATC Judge Shabir Ahmed announced the sentence for the 30-year-old

Journalist beaten up by politician’s guards: police

First death sentence handed to man for blasphemy on social media

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