External Links & References
[Reuters: As Pakistan’s army chief turns on hardline Islamist groups, blasphemy cases plummet] → https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/pakistans-army-chief-turns-hardline-islamist-groups-blasphemy-cases-plummet-2026-08-06/
[Reuters short link supplied with the report] → http://reut.rs/45Nn500
[BBC report supplied for comparison] → https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn0n9w95n70o
[National Commission for Human Rights report on PECA and the 2025 Amendment Act] → https://nchr.gov.pk/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/NCHR-Report-on-PECA-and-the-2025-Amendments-Act.pdf
[Human Rights Commission of Pakistan: Streets of Fear] → https://hrcp-web.org/hrcpweb/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/2025-Streets-of-fear-EN.pdf
[Human Rights Watch: Exploiting Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws for Blackmail and Profit] → https://www.hrw.org/report/2025/06/09/conspiracy-grab-land/exploiting-pakistans-blasphemy-laws-blackmail-and-profit
[Human Rights Watch: Suppression of Free Speech and Civil Society] → https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/02/04/pakistan-suppression-of-free-speech-civil-society
[Amnesty International: Human Rights in Pakistan] → https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/asia-and-the-pacific/south-asia/pakistan/report-pakistan/
[Global Terrorism Index] → https://www.visionofhumanity.org/maps/global-terrorism-index/
[Why Rajab Butt Was Assaulted Inside a Karachi Courtroom] → https://zorayskhalid.com/rajab-butt/
[The Democracy That Lectured Pakistan Could Not Tolerate Students Protesting] → https://zorayskhalid.com/indian-students-protest/
[General Aamer Raza’s Four-Star Promotion] → https://zorayskhalid.com/general-aamer-raza/2/