Source: thehindu.com
The head of a private school in Lahore was arrested on charges of blasphemy, even as a Peshawar medical university introduced a conservative dress code forcing female students to wear the Islamic veil.
Salma Tanvir, principal of the Umar School System in Nishtar Colony was booked on Monday on a complaint by local imam Qari Iftikhar Ahmad, who accused her of distributing a blasphemous pamphlet that “insulted the prophet Mohammed and also claimed that she was a prophet,” police official Muhammad Irfan told DPA.
Ms. Tanvir was taken to a police station after dozens of angry people attacked the school and smashed the windows on Tuesday.
Mr. Irfan said more than …continue reading at thehindu.com
