Two women arrested in Pakistan on charges of blasphemy: Accused of burning pages of Quran, arrested on complaint by mosque imam

Two Muslim women have been arrested in Pakistan’s Punjab province on charges of blasphemy. Both the women have been accused of burning pages of the Quran. According to a PTI report, on Tuesday, the police have registered a case against both of them under section 295-B of the Pakistan Penal Code. The names of the women are Shahnaz Khan and Shazia Karamat. Shahnaz is the principal of a private school and Shazia works as a cook in her house. Both these women live in Rai Kala village of Kasur district, 50 km from Lahore. They have been arrested on the complaint of Kashif Ali, the Imam of the village mosque. Family members left the village
According to the police, the village Imam had announced from the mosque on August 10, accusing both the women of burning pages of the Quran. Since then, the families of both the women have left the village. At present, the accused women are being questioned. Police said that after this incident, a large police team reached there so that nothing untoward happens. Shahnaz Khan had hidden before the crowd reached her school and house. Christian sisters accused of blasphemy last week
Last week, Punjab Police also registered a blasphemy case against two Christian sisters. Samiya Masih and Sonia Masih were accused of throwing a sack full of Quran pages outside their house on August 7. Both are under 20 years of age. Samiya and Sonia are residents of Gojra village in Toba Tek Singh district, 200 km from Lahore. In this case, Advocate Akmal Bhatti, President of Minority Alliance Pakistan, said that the allegations against the Christian sisters are false. 21 churches were burnt in Pakistan last year
Last year, in Jaranwala in Punjab province of Pakistan, fundamentalists set fire to 21 churches. After this incident on August 16, 2023, Christian houses were looted and set on fire. Fundamentalist groups had alleged that these churches were promoting blasphemy. Police had arrested 160 accused in this case. 6500 policemen were deployed in Jaranwala. Media reports claimed that police was present at the time of violence in Jaranwala, yet they did not take any action. Due to the riots, many countries around the world had raised questions about the safety of minorities in Pakistan. Read this news too… One student sentenced to death for blasphemy in Pakistan, another to life imprisonment; had posted objectionable messages about Prophet Mohammad on social media A Pakistani court has sentenced a 22-year-old student guilty of blasphemy to death. At the same time, a 17-year-old student has been sentenced to life imprisonment. According to a report by British media BBC, the students had posted objectionable messages about Prophet Muhammad on WhatsApp. The report said that the 22-year-old student had made such photos and videos in which objectionable words were said about Prophet Mohammad and his wives. The 17-year-old student had shared these photos and videos. Read the full news here…
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