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Pakistan dispatch: Jaranwala vandalism attacks spotlight controversial blasphemy laws

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Pakistan dispatch: Jaranwala vandalism attacks spotlight controversial blasphemy laws

Izhar Ahmed Khan | JURIST Staff, PK

August 23, 2023 11:48:43 am

Law students and law graduates in Pakistan are reporting for JURIST on events in that country impacting its legal system. Izhar Ahmed Khan is a 2022 LL.B. graduate of the Pakistan College of Law (University of London International Program). He files this from Lahore. Last week Pakistan witnessed yet another tragic incident in which an [...]

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