A young Christian girl arrested on a blasphemy charge that has sparked an international outcry will remain in a high-security jail till at least Friday as the court hearing her case was adjourned on M

Gunmen shot dead Pakistan's minority affairs minister in Islamabad on Wednesday, police and a hospital doctor said, after the Christian politician had complained of death threats.

Islamabad: Here are some key facts on Pakistan's blasphemy law following the killing on Wednesday of a Catholic government minister who had vowed to defy death threats over his opposition to the legis

Karachi: A group of Muslim religious scholars in Pakistan have said they would form a committee to look into the misuse of the controversial blasphemy law, amid accusations that it was being used to

Islamabad: Former Pakistani military dictator Pervez Mushrarraf has said that the killer of Punjab governor Salmaan Tasser should be punished and not allowed to challenge the writ of the state, but p

Jan. 12: Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has outrightly rejected the call from Pope Benedict XVI to abrogate the blasphemy law. “This can’t happen. We have our own laws and we will act on

Jan. 5: Pakistani authorities on Wednesday increased security for former minister Sherry Rehman, a vocal critic of the country’s blasphemy law, in the wake of the assassination of Punjab governor Salm

A Pakistani court on Monday restrained the government from amending the blasphemy law, which has been at the centre of a heated debate after a Christian woman was convicted under it and sentenced to d