ISLAMABAD: A teacher and a Sufi preacher have been arrested on blasphemy charges in two separate incidents in Pakistan, police said on Saturday. The preacher was arrested for preaching things “contrary to Islam”, while the teacher was arrested for beating up a Shia student who absented himself to attend the Ashura procession last week. Both incidents occurred in the Punjab province.
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