By Sher Ali Khalti in The News,Dec 01, 2023LAHORE: Nineteen children were arrested on charges of blasphemy from across Punjab between January 1, 2023 and October 16, 2023. According to data available with The News, 6 out of these 19 children are in prison charged with blasphemy while the others were acquitted. These figures have been made public by the Inspectorate General of Punjab Prisons in an appeal submitted to the Punjab Information Commission by…
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report in The Express Tribune, July 16, 2023LAHORE: A Lahore High Court division bench, headed by Justice Ali Baqar Najafi, has set aside the trial court’s conviction and acquitted a suspected affiliate of the terrorist organisation al-Qaeda, according to its detailed verdict issued on Saturday. The court observed that a person offering their mobile phone for scrutiny could implicate them for any offence so this would amount to self-incrimination, which was prohibited under the Constitution.…