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What is Pakistan's blasphemy law?

Islamabad: Here are some key facts on Pakistan's blasphemy law following the killing on Wednesday of a Catholic government minister who had vowed to defy death threats over his opposition to the legis

Timeline: Killings of Pak lawmakers

- Wednesday March 2, 2011: Minister for Minorities Shahbaz Bhatti is shot dead in his car in Islamabad. A Roman Catholic, Bhatti had opposed Pakistan's controversial blasphemy law.

- January 4, 2011

Pakistan minister gunned down for blasphemy, say Taliban

Islamabad: Gunmen shot dead Pakistan's only Christian government minister on Wednesday for challenging a law that mandates the death penalty for insulting Islam, the second top official killed this ye

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