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Senate body concerned over use of blasphemy laws ‘to settle scores’

by Jamal Shahid in Dawn, Sept 13th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Senate Stan­d­ing Committee on Human Rights has expressed concerns over the misuse of blasphemy laws to settle personal scores and observed that incidents like Jaranwala were “a matter of great shame for the nation”. In a meeting chaired by Senator Waleed Iqbal on Tuesday, the committee also sought details of persons detained under blasphemy laws. “It is a matter of serious concern when people take the…