<span style="color: #222222;">Pakistan police today arrested nearly 250 people from across the country on charges of arson, vandalism and violence during the three-day mass protests following the acquittal of Christian woman Asia Bibi. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">A day after striking a deal with the protesters, the government swung into action as it started a crackdown against the people who vandalised public properties during the protests. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The interior ministry has initiated criminal proceedings against the rioters and booked 5,000 people on charges of rioting and disrupting peace during the demonstrations.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Asia Bibi, a 47-year-old mother of four, was convicted in 2010 after being accused of insulting Islam in a row with her neighbours. She always maintained her innocence but has spent most of the past eight years in solitary confinement.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In a landmark judgement last Wednesday, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Saqib Nisar overturned the conviction of Asia Bibi facing execution for blasphemy, sparking protests across Pakistan.</span><br />