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