Pakistan's Supreme Court yesterday upheld the acquittal of a Christian woman who spent years on death row after being convicted of blasphemy, dismissing a petition filed by Islamists who have called for her execution.

The husband of a Pakistani Christian woman at the centre of a divisive blasphemy case has pleaded for international help to leave the

Pakistan government was criticized yesterday for reaching a controversial deal with protesting Islamist hardliners, who were incensed

Pakistan's powerful military warned yesterday that its patience had been thoroughly tested after being threatened by Islamist hardliners enraged at the acquittal of a Christian woman for blasphemy, as thousands joined mass protests.