Pakistan’s Christians are living in a state of fear in the wake of Asia Bibi’s acquittal for allegedly committing blasphemy against Islam, the Telegraph reported over the weekend, echoing other assessments.
The head of the Mutahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA), a radical Islamist group in Pakistan, delivered remarks Friday accusing Islamist Prime Minister Imran Khan of being a “Jew representative” seeking praise from the West by releasing Christian mother Asia Bibi.
Prime Minister Imran Khan this week reiterated his support for the Pakistani Supreme Court’s acquittal of Asia Bibi, reaffirming Islamabad’s resolve to respect the decision to rescind the Christian mother’s 2010 death penalty verdict for allegedly committing blasphemy against Islam.
A senior Pakistani official told reporters Monday that the government will not allow Asia Bibi, a Christian woman recently acquitted on false charges of blasphemy, to flee the country despite incessant calls from radical Islamist rioters for her death and that of her family.
The government of Pakistan confirmed on Thursday that Asia Bibi, a Christian woman whose acquittal on blasphemy charges have triggered violent Islamist riots, remains in Pakistan despite rumors she has left prison and flown to the capital, Islamabad.
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday reportedly told his federal cabinet that his recent visit to China was “more successful than expected,” noting that Beijing has “assured every kind of assistance to Pakistan.”
Pakistan fired the acting chief of its state-run television outlet this week over a caption during a live broadcast that said Prime Minister Imran Khan was “begging” for money during his recent visit to China.
Italy is ready to offer sanctuary to a Pakistani Christian woman and her family following her acquittal on a charge that she blasphemed against Islam.
Pakistan’s federal government confirmed on Tuesday it had begun the bureaucratic process to place Asia Bibi, a Christian mother recently acquitted of blasphemy, on a travel ban list, leaving her vulnerable to murder by violent Islamist mobs.
The government of Pakistan promised the radical Islamist Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) party this weekend it would begin a legal process to prevent Asia Bibi, a Christian mother of four acquitted of blasphemy last week, from leaving the country, a move almost certainly ensuring her death at the hands of a violent mob.
Thousands of Islamist radicals blockaded streets in major cities across Pakistan on Friday, the third day of protesting the acquittal of Christian mother Asia Bibi. This forced the government to shut down mobile phone networks and keep schools closed to protect children.
The family of Asia Bibi, a Christian mother acquitted of blasphemy in Pakistan Wednesday after nearly a decade on death row, is “living in straight terror” and seeking a Western country to grant expedited asylum in the face of violent protests calling for her death, the chairman of a charity aiding Christians in the country told Breitbart News on Thursday.
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Saudi Arabia agreed to loan Islamabad $6 billion to help Pakistan stabilize its struggling economy on Tuesday. Pakistan is currently also seeking a critical loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The chief economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) cautioned Pakistan this week against “excessive loans” from its ally, China, citing risks.
Officials in Pakistan announced on Monday that China’s massive Belt and Road railway project will see its $8.2 billion budget slashed by $2 billion as concerns over Pakistan’s debts to China mount under new Prime Minister Imran Khan.
New Delhi canceled a meeting on Friday between Pakistani and Indian ministers on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, citing Islamabad’s “evil agenda” and “unclean intentions” as the reason.
Pakistan urged its ally China this week to take steps against the alleged human rights abuses and repression of ethnic Muslim Uighurs in Xinjiang, marking one of the first public criticisms from a predominantly Muslim country of Beijing’s policy in the province.
Pakistan’s new prime minister, former cricket player Imran Khan, is in Saudi Arabia as part of his first official overseas trip.
An al-Qaeda-linked prisoner held at the U.S. military prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, proclaimed his innocence in an op-ed published by the Houston Chronicle Sunday and urged the new prime minister of Pakistan to “press” the United States for his release.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Pakistan on Wednesday for meetings with top officials and the new prime minister, Imran Khan. Pompeo told reporters his objective was to “reset” America’s troubled relations with Pakistan.
Pakistani pop star Rabi Pirzada has used her verified Twitter account to call for cartoonists who draw the Prophet Mohammed to be “hanged immediately”, claiming that drawing Islam’s founder is “the worst act of terrorism”.
The government of Pakistan has celebrated the cancellation of a cartoon competition facilitated by Dutch anti-Islamisation politician Geert Wilders in which participants were encouraged to draw the Islamic prophet, Mohammed.
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s wife makes a fashion statement by wearing a white niqab to his swearing-in ceremony.
Contents: Pakistan elects anti-American far right religious Imran Khan to be prime minister; Pakistan faces imminent financial crisis threatening China’s CPEC
Christian watchdog groups have voiced concern over last week’s election of former cricket star and Islamist Imran Khan as Pakistani Premier, noting Khan’s public supported the nation’s harsh blasphemy laws.
Chinese state media celebrated the victory of Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Imran Khan in an editorial Monday, claiming the two countries’ relationship of “iron brothers” will “flourish” under his leadership.
A European Union (EU) monitoring team, that was present for Pakistan’s general election which saw the victory of cricket legend-turned-politician Imran Khan this week, said on Friday that the campaign for the election was not a level playing field for all the political parties that participated in the race.
The former cricketer turned politician Imran Khan declared victory in Pakistan’s elections on Thursday, hailing what he describes as the “fairest” vote in the country’s history despite opposition claims of vote-rigging and corruption.
Pakistan prepares to open polls for this year’s regional and legislative elections Wednesday, ending a campaign season fraught with incendiary language, terrorist attacks, and flooded with hundreds of candidates openly embracing Islamist groups.
A Pakistani court on Friday sentenced ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in absentia to a decade behind bars for corruption.
Contents: Pakistan’s anti-American ‘hope and change’ candidate Imran Khan runs again; Imran Khan threatens an anti-American and pro-Chinese agenda
