Iftikhar Ahmad, a Pakistani standing trial for blasphemy, was acquitted by a Lahore, Pakistan, sessions court Sept. 7, according to reports from the Hong Kong-based Asian Human Rights Commission.(People)(Brief Article)

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Iftikhar Ahmad, a Pakistani standing trial for blasphemy, was acquitted by a Lahore, Pakistan, sessions court Sept. 7, according to reports from the Hong Kong-based Asian Human Rights Commission. The commission said this was the first time a Lahore lower court has acquitted someone charged wi...

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