Source: Howrah
By SHAFQAT ALI
Islamabad, April 12: Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has a “very limited” political role for the future, a top cleric said. National Assembly member Maulana Fazlur Rahman said that President Musharraf is standing on frail grounds “but until now his impeachment is not under consideration”.
Talking to this newspaper, Mr Rahman, whose Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam […]

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Source: Telegraph.co.uk
Hardline clerics are using Pakistan’s blasphemy laws to persecute members of a small Islamic splinter group they say are not proper Muslims.
The two million-strong Ahmadiyya community, based in Rabwah in the Punjab, risks charges of “impersonating Muslims” under the country’s controversial religious laws.
Shameen Ahmad Khalid, a community leader, said: “We have people serving long […]

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