Junaid Hafeez, a former professor of English Literature at Bahauddin Zakariya University (BZU), has spent more than a decade in solitary confinement, trapped in a legal limbo that epitomizes Pakistan's intolerance, judicial inefficiency, and state apathy. His case—initiated in 2013 on controversial blasphemy charges—has become a glaring example of how Pakistan’s blasphemy laws are weaponized, often leading to severe miscarriages of justice.
For Usama Asghar, the writer and analyst who has followed Hafeez’s case closely, this issue is deeply personal. Recalling his early teenage years, Asghar remembers how his father, a police officer, warned him about the dangers of expressing...
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