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26 Feb 2006, 11:29 am
[JURIST] Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf [official website, BBC profile] said Saturday he will lobby the United Nations [official website] and the Organization of the Islamic Conference [official website] to make blasphemy an internationally-recognized criminal offense in the wake of controversy surrounding the worldwide republication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad [JURIST news [read post]
21 May 2020, 1:00 pm by Kelly Buchanan
The current 1973 constitution declares that the official name of the country is “the Islamic Republic of Pakistan” and that Islam is the state religion. [read post]
13 Nov 2007, 1:04 am
The Law Society of Upper Canada issued a statement Monday, expressing "grave concerns about the dismantling of the rule of law in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan:"The Law Society deplores and condemns the imposition of the Proclamation of Emergency, the suspension of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the dismissal of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and over 40 other judges, the abrogation of the rule of law… [read post]
6 Oct 2021, 10:30 pm by Mitra Sharafi
Nelson (SOAS) published "Constitutional Migration and the Making of Religious Freedom: From Ireland and India to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan," Journal of Asian Studies 79:1 (2020), 129-54. [read post]
29 May 2012, 12:58 pm by Sung Un Kim
In her initial observations of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, she expressed concern that judges are "coerced" to rule against the accused without sufficient evidence and fair trials. [read post]
30 Oct 2015, 4:10 am by Howard Friedman
It is, therefore, for the State of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to ensure that no innocent person is compelled or constrained to face an investigation or a trial on the basis of false or trumped up allegations regarding commission of such an offence.The Guardian reports on the decision. [read post]
23 Jun 2014, 2:00 pm by EEM
Afghanistan: As Humanitarian Space Shrinks, IDP Policy Must Be Implemented (IDMC, June 2014) [text]Cash-based Assistance Programmes for Internally Displaced Persons in the Kabul Informal Settlements: An Evaluation for WHH and DRC (Samuel Hall, May 2014) [text via ReliefWeb]Solutions Strategy for Afghan Refugees to Support Voluntary Repatriation, Sustainable Reintegration and Assistance to Host Countries - Portfolio of Projects: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (UNHCR, 2014)… [read post]
22 Mar 2014, 8:51 am by paola Aurucci
‘injunctions of Islam’ has not been defined precisely by the Constitution of Pakistan. [read post]
Algeria, Azerbaijan, Central African Republic, Comoros, and Vietnam are on the department’s Special Watch List (SPL), which contains countries that do not meet all the CPC criteria. [read post]
9 Jul 2012, 3:59 pm by Clif Burns
On July 6, the White House signed a memorandum designating “the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan as a major Non-NATO Ally. [read post]
16 Jan 2016, 5:01 am
Blasphemy is a hugely sensitive issue in Pakistan, an Islamic republic of some 200 million, where even unproven allegations frequently stir mob violence and lynchings.Accused of blasphemy, how was he supposed to save himself? [read post]
The court referenced Khan’s rights under articles 4, 9, 10-A, and 14 of the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan. [read post]
24 Jul 2011, 8:32 am by Eugene Volokh
(Eugene Volokh) The Nation (Pakistan) reports:The Senate Friday severely condemned the hosting of a gay pride ceremony by US embassy in Pakistan last month and sent the matter to the Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs for taking any possible action.The committee will see whether the parliament had the jurisdiction to debate the issue in any of its houses and what kind of action could be initiated against the organisers of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT)… [read post]
7 Jan 2022, 6:19 am by Irene
More than three years after the Islamic Republic of Pakistan enacted a historic law guaranteeing transgender citizens fundamental rights and protecting them from discrimination and harassment, American taxpayers will fund a program to “promote broader social inclusion of transgender people” in the south Asian nation. [read post]
26 Mar 2020, 1:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
The Dominion of India is today the Republic of India, and the Dominion of Pakistan is today the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, created after the secession of Bangladesh from Pakistan in 1971. [read post]
17 Apr 2009, 4:08 am
Wang Guanqun, China seizes counterfeit commodities worth 1.55 bln yuan in 2008, Xinhua, March 14, 2009 Colombia - Republic of Colombia Comoros - Union of the Comoros Congo - Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa) Congo - Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville) Costa Rica - Republic of Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire - Republic of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Croatia - Republic… [read post]
18 Jun 2015, 6:45 am by EEM
Turkey was followed by Pakistan (1.51 million), Lebanon (1.15 million), the Islamic Republic of Iran (982,000), Ethiopia (659,500), and Jordan (654,100). [read post]
13 Feb 2023, 10:00 am by Kelly Goles
Tariq has previously contributed posts on Islamic Law in Pakistan – Global Legal Collection Highlights, the Law Library’s 2013 Panel Discussion on Islamic Law, Sedition Law in India, and FALQ posts on Proposals to Reform Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws, Article 370 and the Removal of Jammu and Kashmir’s Special Status, and The Controversy Over Marriage and Anti-Conversion Laws in India. [read post]
25 Feb 2015, 5:26 am by The Book Review Editor
  Pakistan is home to China’s top terrorist enemy, the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), which fights for Uighur freedom in Xinjiang. [read post]
2 Aug 2007, 11:20 am
Clinton for her approval of that Iraqi authorization, but the sort of action he is envisioning involves crossing into a nuclear Islamic country, one bullet away from an Islamic republic, and surely should be a question for Congressional approval. [read post]