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Pakistan: Three men booked for blasphemy in Karachi


The police on Friday said that Nazir Ahmed, who is the member of administrative committee of the Khulfai Rashideen mosque registered a report against three men namely Babar, Ilyas and Robert for committing blasphemous acts.

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Source/Credit: Gulf News Correspondent
By Mohammad Ashraf | September 27, 2013

Trio accused of vandalising mosque during countrywide protest against a church attack

Karachi: Police registered a case against three men, under blasphemy laws, in the aftermath of violent protests in Karachi, a day after suicide attackers blew up a Church in Peshawar killing more than 80 Christians.

The attack on All Saints Church last Sunday led to countrywide protests.

During the protest, a brawl and scuffle took place between Christians and Muslim youth after some miscreants threw stones on a mosque at Zaman Town in Korangi area. A Muslim man also died in the brawl after he got hit in the head, the police said.
Some of the Christians houses were set on fire by the miscreants last Monday but the situation was controlled by the police.

The police on Friday said that Nazir Ahmed, who is the member of administrative committee of the Khulfai Rashideen mosque registered a report against three men namely Babar, Ilyas and Robert for committing blasphemous acts.

He accused the three men of hitting the names of the pious caliph with stones and sticks that is considered desecration.

Police officer Mohammad Khan told Gulf News that the three men were arrested yesterday but were released on bail on Friday.

The case was registered under section 298-F that is a lenient clause of the law as the maximum sentence under this act was three year imprisonment.

Under the main clause of the blasphemy law the maximum punishment is death here.

Murder case against three other men was also registered but they were absconder, the police said.

Angry Christians protested across Pakistan the next day of the attack on the Church to demand better protection. They demonstrated in twos and cities around Paksitan including Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi and Peshawar.


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