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Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari seeks report of attacks on Christians

IANS | Posted on Mar 10, 2013 at 06:38am IST

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Islamabad: Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has taken a serious note of attacks on the houses of Christians in Lahore and sought a report from the authorities over the incident, Xinhua reported.

Angry mob torched over 100 houses and shops of minority Christians in the city's Badami Bagh area after a Christian boy was accused of blasphemy, police and residents said.

Police arrested the accused and his father on Friday. But hundreds of people broke into the houses of Christians, looted them and burnt the remaining belongings on the roads.

Pakistan president seeks report of attacks on Christians

Angry mob torched over 100 houses and shops of minority Christians in the city\'s Badami Bagh area after a Christian boy was accused of blasphemy.

The furious mob pelted stones at the police when they tried to disperse the demonstrators. Several policemen were injured in the incident.

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Asif Ali Zardari

Posted on May 14, 2013 at 09:30AM IST
Asif Ali Zardari is the 11th and current President of Pakistan and the Co-Chairman of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). He is also the widower of Benazir Bhutto, who served two nonconsecutive terms as Prime Minister. A Balochi from a t ...

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