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Lone Crusader: Salmaan Taseer

Love him, hate him, take or leave him… It was impossible to ignore the larger-than-life Salmaan Taseer.

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[7 Jan 2011 | Comments Off | ]
How Will the PPP Deal with this Murderer?

Today, we find the need to ask whether committing a murder is wrong. Is the ruling PPP deliberating over the same question?

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[7 Jan 2011 | One Comment | ]
Pakistani Citizens Show That “This is Our Country Too.”

Promoting the “Rally Against Fear” on Facebook, one of the citizen organisers says, “Join hands to take responsibility for your country. Come out of your homes. Show that this is our country too.”

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[5 Jan 2011 | 13 Comments | ]
Pakistani Writers and Bloggers React to Salmaan Taseer’s Death

In this sad time for Pakistan, when justice, reason and compassion are in short supply, here are a few voices from the Pakistani blogosphere who have stood up for Salmaan Taseer’s shared values and are railing against the madness that seems to be strengthening its hold on the country.

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[5 Jan 2011 | Comments Off | ]
Hillary Clinton Pays Tribute to Salmaan Taseer

“The United States remains committed to helping the government and people of Pakistan as they persevere in their campaign to bring peace and stability to their country,” says the US top diplomat, Hillary Clinton.

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[28 Dec 2010 | 27 Comments | ]
Interview: Dr Khalid Zaheer, Religious Scholar

“A law that punishes people who are involved in the act of blasphemy, to me, is not directly derived from the Quran,” says this scholar.

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[27 Dec 2010 | One Comment | ]
Interview: Iqbal Haider, Former Secretary General, HRCP

“The most barbaric and inhumane practices are being propagated in the name of religion in Pakistan,” says Iqbal Haider.

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Interview: Sherry Rehman, MNA with the PPP

When it comes to either a repeal or amendments of the blasphemy laws, Sherry Rehman says that “there is very little appetite for both.”

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[23 Dec 2010 | 10 Comments | ]
Interview: Salmaan Taseer, Governor of Punjab

“This is a man-made law, not a God-made one,” says Salmaan Taseer, Governor of Punjab, about Pakistan’s blasphemy law.

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Pandora’s Law

Observers and experts say that mob violence and police brutality in blasphemy cases are followed up by sluggish courts, subjecting the accused to long periods in jail, high legal costs and repeated court appearances.