Police arrested Rimsha, 11, who is recognized by a single name, on Thursday after she was reported holding in public burnt pages, which had Islamic text, and Quranic verses on them, a police official told AFP.
The official said that the girl was taken to a police station in the capital Islamabad, where she has been detained since.
Angry protesters held rallies demanding she be punished, said the official, who requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of the case.
"We had to register the case fairly quickly to prevent any unpleasant situation," he added, referring to the demonstrations.
Rimsha was produced before a court on Friday and remanded in custody for 14 days, another police official said. She is expected to go before the court again by end of this month.3
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