Pakistan: At least 56 killed, 150+ injured in Lahore bombing In 2011, Salmaan Taseer, the governor of Punjab, was slain by his own police bodyguard, Mumtaz Qadri.Taseer had been defending the rights of Aasia Bibi, a poor Christian farmhand, dubiously accused of blasphemy.For Qadri, Taseers stand represented an act of blasphemy itself. The punishment for blasphemy, Qadri sneered, as he was carted away to jail by his...
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Monday, March 28, 2016
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