Pakistan Blasphemy Acquittal Draws 3rd Day of Protests
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Channel: Voice of America · 2018 · News & Politics
▶️Pakistan's ultra-Islamist party blocked roads in major cities for a third day on Friday (November 2) in protest against the acquittal of a Christian woman on death row for blasphemy allegations. About 100 protesters using stones, pieces of wood and motorbikes to create a barricade across one main road in Karachi. The police and paramilitary force later dispersed them. Meanwhile, supporters of major Islamic party Jamat-e-Islami and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam staged peaceful protests in Karachi, demanding the court verdict to be reviewed and taken back. ➡️ https://www.voanews.com/a/pakistan-blasphemy-a…/4640177.html
