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Lawyer “Provided Weapon” to the Killer of American Citizen - L.A. Focus Newspaper

Judicial Complex building, Peshawar. (Raza Hamdani Sep.6 2020) The murder of a US citizen accused of blasphemy in Pakistan by a teenager inside a courtroom has once again put the global spotlight on the blasphemy laws in the country. Faisal Khan, 17, opened fire on Tahir Ahmad Naseem, 57, a Pakistani-American, in a crowded courtroom […]

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