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Pakistan Daily Times: “Gojra report proposes amending blasphemy laws”

Pakistan Daily Times: “Gojra report proposes amending blasphemy laws”
— “An inquiry tribunal – headed by Lahore High Court Judge Iqbal Hameedur Rehman and tasked with looking into the tragedy that killed seven people – also warned the government on Sunday that ‘the Gojra tragedy must be taken seriously and the needful [should] be done on war-footing without further loss of time’ ”
— “The 258-page report recommends action ‘without any discrimination against those responsible for commission and omission’ ”
— “The report also proposes amendments to Pakistan Penal Code sections 295, 295-A, 295-B, 295-C, 296, 297, 298, 298-A, 298-B, 298-C, anti-blasphemy laws, relevant provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code and the Police Order 2002.”

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