Populism, religious zealotry, social media: the unholy trinity that made a lawless mess of Pakistan on December 4, 2018When Pakistan’s highest court acquitted Aasiya Noreen, also known as Asia Bibi, of a false charge of blasphemy, some naive commentators hailed the judgment as a harbinger of hope for a freer Pakistan. The judges ordered that Bibi, a poor Catholic farm labourer who had spent eight years on death row, be released immediately. But […]