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Saad SAYEED

Votes Erode For Pakistan's Blasphemy Party

Saad Rizvi (left) gestures to supporters during a protest in Lahore on Saturday (Credit: AFP)

The leader of an ultra-right Pakistan party infamous for sometimes bloody anti-blasphemy agitation has vowed a comeback after its vote share evaporated in elections last week.

Blasphemy is a charged topic in Muslim-majority Pakistan where the faintest whisper of a slight toward the Prophet Muhammad can embolden lynch mobs.

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