Two Muslim architects and a Christian priest are breaking the barriers of hate in Pakistan.
She has landed in Canada, her lawyer told media, more than six months after she was acquitted in a blasphemy case by Pakistan's top court.
The country's new chief justice says the request to review her acquittal was rejected on merit. The Christian woman sentenced to death in 2010 in what swiftly became Pakistan's most infamous blasphemy case.
A Pakistani Christian woman who spent eight years on death row for blasphemy has been freed from jail after an acquittal that triggered religious protests, but is still in Pakistan, officials said Thursday amid appeals for her to be offered asylum.
The acquittal of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman accused of blasphemy, and three days of protests after have exposed long-running fault lines in Pakistani society. Here's a look at how it played out on Pakistani social media.
On Wednesday, Pakistan's Supreme Court overturned the conviction of Asia Bibi, a mother of five, and ordered for her to be freed.
Asia Bibi, a Christian woman, was acquitted of blasphemy charges by the Supreme Court on Wednesday sparking violent protests by the country's conservative groups running on third straight day.
Religious groups incensed by acquittal of a Christian woman Asia Bibi for blasphemy vow no let up to protests after Prime Minister Imran Khan promised to confront them.
In a protest against the acquittal of Christian woman in a blasphemy case, protesters blocked roads across Pakistan, cutting off scores of cities and towns from capital Islamabad.
The trial of Bibi, who is an illiterate mother of five, has become a test case for Pakistan's commitment to protect its minorities, which have born the brunt of blasphemy accusations.
An ethnic Chinese woman was sentenced to 18 months in prison for complaining that the call to prayer from her neighbourhood mosque was too loud.
The young Pakistani student's murder by a mob on a university campus was another "blasphemy killing," one of the dozens since the 90s. A year on, his family struggles to reconcile with the tragedy.
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