Rally held to condemn the amendments in blasphemy law
Pakistan
Rally held to condemn the amendments in blasphemy law
Pakistan religious parties have held a rally against the proposed reforms of a controversial blasphemy law in Lahore, Dunya News reported on Sunday.According to sources about 40,000 people have attended the rally and the protests have been started in the country since former Punjab governor Salman Taseer vowed to amend the blasphemy law, The law was used to sentence a Christian woman to death. Taseers stance enraged the countrys increasingly conservative religious base and he was assassinated on January 4 by his own security guard, who has said he killed the governor over his support for reform. Under intense pressure from religious parties, Pakistans government has since said it had no intentions to amend the law.Protesters from Jamaat-e-Islami, Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan and Jamaat-ud-Dawa held banners in support of Mumtaz Qadri. Participants chanted slogans including Free Mumtaz Qadri, We are ready to sacrifice our lives for the honour of Prophet Mohammad and Changes in blasphemy law not accepted. Leaders of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz and Quaid-i-Azam group also addressed the rally.
