Police in the Pakistani city of Lahore have made 150 arrests after Muslims torched dozens of Christian homes in response to an allegation of blasphemy.

Government officials and emergency teams are examining the damage in the city’s Joseph Colony area to see how people can be helped, police said.

The Christians had already fled their homes when the mob struck on Saturday.

Christians gathered in Lahore and Karachi, the country’s biggest city, to protest at the attack.

They condemned the violence and called for better protection as well as compensation for those affected.

Christians make up about 1.6% of Pakistan’s mainly Muslim population.

Allegations of blasphemy against Islam are taken very seriously with a number of controversial recent prosecutions.

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