| LAHORE: A protest rally by the National Commission for Justice and Peace (NCJP), a human rights body of the Catholic Church in Pakistan, and many civil society organisations on Saturday demanded the government repeal the Hudood and blasphemy laws. The speakers at the rally outside the Lahore Press Club said the government's mishandling of the Sangla Hill incident exposed its claims of enlightened moderation. They said that discriminatory laws had curbed minorities' freedom in Pakistan, adding that repeal of Hudood laws was overdue after the recommendations by the Commission on Status of Women (1997) and the National Commission on Status of Women (2003). |