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Pakistan’s federal government confirmed on Tuesday it had begun the bureaucratic process to place Asia Bibi, a Christian mother recently acquitted of blasphemy, on a travel ban list, leaving her vulnerable to murder by violent Islamist mobs.

The government of Pakistan promised the radical Islamist Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) party this weekend it would begin a legal process to prevent Asia Bibi, a Christian mother of four acquitted of blasphemy last week, from leaving the country, a move almost certainly ensuring her death at the hands of a violent mob.

Contents: Pakistan government capitulates to Barelvi/TLP terrorists, doesn’t free Asia Bibi; Questions about Mohammed’s covenant with Christians and Christianity

The husband of a Pakistani Christian woman at the centre of a divisive blasphemy case has pleaded for sanctuary in the U.S., Canada or the U.K, saying he fears for his family’s safety.

An influential Islamic scholar who recently blasted the Pakistani Supreme Court for acquitting a Christian mother facing the death penalty on blasphemy charges was found “stabbed to death” and “covered in blood” at his residence in Rawalpindi, local news outlets reported Friday.

Thousands of Islamist radicals blockaded streets in major cities across Pakistan on Friday, the third day of protesting the acquittal of Christian mother Asia Bibi. This forced the government to shut down mobile phone networks and keep schools closed to protect children.

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan chaired an emergency meeting focused on “law and order” Thursday amid widespread protests over the recent acquittal of Christian mother Asia Bibi sentenced to death by a court in the country on “blasphemy” charges.

Contents: Pakistan Supreme Court acquits Asia Bibi of blasphemy, triggering widespread riots; Pakistan Supreme Court defends Mohammed’s covenant with Christianity

Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned the death sentence handed to Christian mother Asia Bibi in 2010, calling the accusations of blasphemy against her “nothing short of concoction incarnate” and accusing the complainants of “insulting” Islam by fabricating charges.

Radical Islamists in Pakistan have launched widespread protests against the Supreme Court for overturning Christian mother Asia Bibi’s 2010 death penalty verdict on “blasphemy” charges Wednesday.

A 53-year-old Christian mother on death row in Pakistan for allegedly committing blasphemy is asking for prayers as she waits to hear whether the Supreme Court will free her or uphold the capital punishment, the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) reported this week.

Thousands of supporters of the Islamist party Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) took to the streets of Pakistan over the weekend to demand the execution of a Christian mother facing the death penalty for allegedly committing blasphemy.

Pakistan’s Supreme Court postponed its ruling on Monday on a final appeal by a Christian woman, Asia Bibi, who became the first woman to be sentenced to death in 2010 under the country’s strict blasphemy law.

On Tuesday Asia Bibi will complete her ninth year of imprisonment for her Christian faith after being arrested for blasphemy in 2009 and sentenced to death by hanging in 2010.

In the 37th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva this week, participants were regaled with stories of egregious human rights abuses in Pakistan including systematic persecution of Christians by the Islamic majority.

The U.S. State Department announced Thursday that it would add Pakistan—and ten other countries—to its Special Watch List for severe religious freedom violations, citing the egregious abuse of Christians, Hindus, Ahmadi Muslims, and other minorities in the country.

Contents: Pakistan government totally capitulates to hardline Islamist TLYRAP Barelvi sect mob; Tehreek-e-Labbaik Ya Rasool Allah of Pakistan (TLYR or TLYRAP) has roots in Barelvi sect and murder of Salman Taseer; North Korea ballistic missiles threaten ‘everywhere in the world’

Contents: Widespread riots in Pakistan triggered by phony blasphemy charges; Pakistan releases Hafiz Saeed, mastermind of the horrific 2008 Mumbai massacre

Thousands of extremists in Muslim-majority Pakistan took to the streets in defiance of a ban on protests to rally in support of a man executed for killing a governor, who called to change the country’s strict blasphemy laws that primarily target Christians and other minority groups.

On Saturday, a coalition of actresses, pop stars, and Michael Moore congregated in cities throughout the country to protest the peaceful transfer of power between Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump, a centuries-old American tradition.

Contents: Pakistan’s bizarre blasphemy laws lead to death threats for son of slain governor; Pakistan’s Imran Khan forced to apologize after being accused of blasphemy

Some house churches are being ordered to be shut down in Pakistan while mobs are calling for the lynching of two blasphemy law victims, including a 16-year-old, as tensions against the Christian minority in the predominantly Muslim country has intensified in recent weeks.

Pakistani security forces have been placed on high alert for the funeral of the convicted assassin of former Punjab Governor Salman Taseer, Mumtaz Qadri, who was hanged yesterday in Rawalpindi. Millions of Islamic extremists have reportedly already assembled for the

Rioting and demonstrations broke out on the streets of Pakistan after an Islamic terrorist was hanged Monday morning for having assassinated the governor of the province for his call to relax the state’s severe anti-blasphemy laws.