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A Pakistani tea vendor walks through a closed market during a strike called by the Tehreek-i-Labaik Ya Rasool Allah Pakistan religious group in Lahore. (Photo: AFP)

Pak blasphemy law hands fringe Islamists dangerous weapon

As protesters packed up their belongings Monday evening, they warned future politicians would face a similar fate to...

29 Nov 2017 1:25 AM

Supporters of the radical religious party Tehreek-i-Labaik Ya Rasool Allah celebrate after the countrys law minister Zahid Hamids resignation, during a sit-in protest in Islamabad. (Photo: AP)

Pakistan law minister quits as govt gives in to protests

Islamabad sit-in ends after 22-days, 6 deaths as Army brokers deal.

27 Nov 2017 8:25 PM

The previously obscure Islamist group has been calling for weeks for Hamids ousting over a hastily-abandoned amendment to the oath which election candidates must swear. (Photo: AP)

Pak's hardline leader calls off weeks-long protest after law minister...

The protesters have linked the amended wording to blasphemy - a highly contentious issue in Muslim Pakistan that has...

27 Nov 2017 7:45 AM

The protesters had staged sit-in in the capital for about three weeks demanding removal of Hamid for changes in a law related to the Khatm-i-Nabuwwat (finality of prohpethood) oath in the Elections Act 2017. (Photo: AP)

Law Minister Zahid Hamid resigns over hardline protests in Pak

The resignation came as part of an agreement reached between the government and the protesters overnight.

27 Nov 2017 7:31 AM

A Pakistani police officer aims his gun towards the protesters next to a burning police vehicle during a clash in Islamabad. (Photo: AP)

Cops, protesters clash in Pakistan

An Islamabad police spokesperson confirmed that a policeman was killed in the fighting after he was struck in the head...

26 Nov 2017 1:57 AM

Pakistan amends law to retain Ahmedis' identity

Presented by law minister Zahid Hamid, the bill retains status of the Ahmedi community as defined in the Constitution of...

17 Nov 2017 1:05 AM

Pakistans law minister Zahid Hamid was accused by the protesters of blasphemy after a reference to the Prophet Muhammad was left out of a revised version of the electoral oath. He called it a clerical error. (Photo: AFP)

Pak govt's settlement with protesting Islamist leaders illegal: High...

The IHC recommended that the legal standing of the agreement should be discussed in a joint session of parliament.

4 Dec 2017 1:39 PM