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Pakistan vet charged with blasphemy over medicine 'wrapped in religious text' [View all]
Source: BBC
Pakistan vet charged with blasphemy over medicine 'wrapped in religious text'
28 May 2019
A Hindu veterinary doctor in south-east Pakistan has been charged under the country's strict blasphemy laws after allegedly selling medicine wrapped in paper bearing Islamic religious text.
An angry crowd set fire to his clinic near Mirpur Khas, Sindh province, and other Hindu-owned shops were looted.
The vet said his use of the paper, apparently torn from an Islamic studies school textbook, was a mistake.
If he is convicted he could be sentenced to life in prison.
Pakistan's blasphemy laws carry harsh penalties for anyone who insults Islam. Critics say they target a disproportionate number of people from religious minorities.
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28 May 2019
A Hindu veterinary doctor in south-east Pakistan has been charged under the country's strict blasphemy laws after allegedly selling medicine wrapped in paper bearing Islamic religious text.
An angry crowd set fire to his clinic near Mirpur Khas, Sindh province, and other Hindu-owned shops were looted.
The vet said his use of the paper, apparently torn from an Islamic studies school textbook, was a mistake.
If he is convicted he could be sentenced to life in prison.
Pakistan's blasphemy laws carry harsh penalties for anyone who insults Islam. Critics say they target a disproportionate number of people from religious minorities.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48438333
The clinic and other Hindu-owned shops were targeted by the mob, witnesses said
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