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Zain Zaman JANJUA

Pakistan 'Vigilantes' Behind Rise In Online Blasphemy Cases

Pakistan FIA WhatsApp Death Penalty

The families of young Pakistanis say their relatives were duped into sharing blasphemous content by strangers online (Credit: AFP)

Aroosa Khan's son was chatting on WhatsApp but suddenly found himself the target of "vigilante" investigators who accused him of having committed blasphemy online, a crime that carries the death penalty in Pakistan.

The 27-year-old is one in hundreds of young men standing trial in Pakistan courts accused of making blasphemous statements online or in WhatsApp groups, an offence for which arrests have exploded in recent years.

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