Pakistan
More than 2,000 in Pakistan prisoned over blasphemy cases, Senate body told
A Pakistani parliamentary body was recently informed that 215 individuals had been arrested under blasphemy charges with the highest number of arrests made in Sindh.
Seventy-eight people were arrested Sindh.
A significant session of the Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights took place at the Parliament House, which was presided over by Senator Walid Iqbal, reported Dawn News.
The committee addressed multiple pressing issues, including the blasphemous act in Jaranwala, which led to the vandalisation of over 20 churches and almost 90 Christian houses.
Members were informed that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa followed next with 55 people in prison in blasphemy cases, Punjab had 18 people in prison over similar charges while Balochistan had one. As many as 27 people were in prison in Islamabad, the newspaper reported.
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