New data obtained under the Right to Information Act reveals that 25 women are currently incarcerated in various jails across Punjab province on accusations of blasphemy. The information, provided by the Inspector General of Prisons Punjab in response to an RTI request filed by Sarmad Ali, an advocate at the Lahore […]
The streets of Ward No. 12 in Kahna, Lahore, were eerily silent on the evening of November 3rd. Homes stood abandoned, doors locked, and windows shuttered. A deep, pervasive fear had gripped the Christian community after news broke that Zafar Iqbal, a local Christian man, had been accused of blasphemy—a charge […]
The courtroom of the Lahore High Court was silent, charged with anticipation. This wasn’t just another appeal hearing. It was about Junaid Hafeez, a once-promising Fulbright scholar, whose life took a dark and devastating turn when he was accused of blasphemy in 2013. In a dimly lit cell in Multan Jail, […]