File Photo: A teacher at an all-girls religious school was killed by a woman colleague and two students who accused her of blasphemy. AP

File Photo: Few issues in Pakistan are as galvanising as blasphemy, can supercharge protests and incite lynchings. AFP

File Photo: The latest incident took place on Tuesday in Dera Ismail Khan, in the country’s ultra-conservative north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. AFP

File Photo: Police said two students and a teacher ambushed Ms Safoora Bibi at the main gate of the school and attacked her with a knife and stick. AFP

File Photo: The girls told police that a relative had dreamt the dead woman “had committed blasphemy”. Officers said that they were also investigating if the main suspect had a personal grudge. AFP

File Photo: Pakistan’s blasphemy laws are often wielded to settle personal vendettas. Last year, a Sri Lankan factory manager working in Pakistan was beaten to death after being accused of blasphemy. NSTP