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| Blasphemy laws should be repealed: Abida Hussain |
| 2007-07-01 |
| “The Blasphemy laws should be repealed so that minorities can practice their religion according to their own beliefs,” said Syeda Abida Hussain, United Citizen’s Forum (UCF) chairperson, on Saturday. She was addressing a seminar on Human Rights and Existing Socio-Democratic Situation in Pakistan organised by the Amnesty International in collaboration with the UCF at a local hotel. She said General Musharraf had been supporting the extremism for the last seven years. She said the Jaish-e-Muhammad had been registered in his (Musharraf) tenure in 2000. She said former federal minister Nilofar Bakhtiar was victimised by the general’s discriminatory action. She demanded the release of Ataullah Maingal and Javed Hashmi. |
| Posted by:Fred |