.... It is pertinent to mention here that over 960 people had been charged with blasphemy in Pakistan from 1980 to 2009. Of these, 479 were Muslims, 340 Ahmadis, 119 Christians, 14 Hindus and 10 miscellaneous faiths. Religious fundamentalists and extremists in the country also killed hundreds of people extra-judicially.
Since Zia-ul-Haq’s regime and from early1980s, at least 32 under-trial prisoners and even many of those acquitted on charges of blasphemy have been extra-judicially killed by mobs inside prisons or outside courtrooms. On the other hand, at least two judges have been assassinated for acquitting individuals accused of blasphemy. [Daily Times] Read more [via National Secular Society]
