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ISLAMABAD | Pakistan rejects US rebuke on religious freedoms

ISLAMABAD | Pakistan rejects US rebuke on religious freedoms

ISLAMABAD  — Pakistan on Wednesday condemned a U.S. decision to add it to a list of nations that infringe on religious freedom, calling the move “unilateral and politically motivated.”

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo added Pakistan to the U.S. list of “countries of particular concern” regarding protection for people to worship according to their beliefs. It was previously on a special watch list.…

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ISLAMABAD | AP EXPLAINS: Pakistani Christians, an embattled minority

ISLAMABAD | AP EXPLAINS: Pakistani Christians, an embattled minority

ISLAMABAD— The uproar surrounding Aasia Bibi — a Pakistani Christian woman who was acquitted of blasphemy charges and released from death row but remains at a secret location for her protection — has drawn attention to the plight of the country’s Christians.

The minority, among Pakistan’s poorest, has faced an increasingly intolerant atmosphere in this Muslim-majority nation where radical…

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