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Gunmen Kill Pakistani Lawyer Involved in Blasphemy Case

Lawyers in Pakistan took to the streets Thursday to protest the killing of a human rights activist and lawyer who was defending a professor accused of blasphemy.Police say Rashid Rehman was shot and killed in the southern city of Multan in Punjab province late Wednesday.Rehman was the defense attorney of a university lecturer, Junaid Hafeez, accused of blasphemy. Hardline students accused Hafeez of making blasphemous remarks against the Prophet Mohammed last year. Hafeez had been in prison...


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