Pakistan High Court's minorities ruling protested

By Agence France-Presse

Feb 25, 2024 12:17 am

PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Thousands of Pakistanis protested against the Supreme Court's top judge on Friday after he issued a ruling related to blasphemy that sparked an online backlash and thinly veiled death threats.

A campaign targeting Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa began after he ordered the release of a man from the Ahmadi religious sect, which hardline Muslim scholars consider heretical.

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