The Lahore High Court (LHC) has acquitted Pakistani Christian couple Shafqat Emmanuel and Shagufta Kausar in a case of blasphemy against them, which had earlier led to a death sentence from a local court. Even at a time of rising agitation by religious far-right parties using such issues, the case of this Christian couple can […]
On a Monday night, having tea at a local hut, a few of our friends were discussing the complex-confusing religious identity of Pakistan. One of them asked a question, “Why is there criticism on the religious identity of Pakistan, when the superpower America promotes its religion, Christianity, too?” There is no doubt about the influence […]
A belief that has no disagreement in any religion is; “God (Allah) is the one who gives life or sends death.” How in practice this belief is ignored can be traced from a number of incidents that occurred in the country very recently. Two teenagers hailing from Layyah district of Punjab attacked their own headmaster, […]