Violence as Pakistan strikes over blasphemy law (AFP)

Written on December 31, 2010 by Editor - World News

Pakistani shopkeepers and Islamists protest in Islamabad on December 31. Violence flared as police and protesters clashed during the mass protest strike that closed businesses across Pakistan over a bid to end the death penalty for blasphemy.(AFP/Farooq Naeem)AFP - Violence flared Friday as police and protesters clashed during a mass protest strike that closed businesses across Pakistan over a bid to end the death penalty for blasphemy.



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