Pak Supreme Court set to rule on Christian woman facing death for blasphemy Insulting Islam is punishable by death in Pakistan, and the mere rumor of blasphemy can ignite lynchings
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Current Affairs : A defense lawyer says Pakistan’s top court is set to announce a final verdict on a Christian woman sentenced to death in 2010 on blasphemy charges. Saiful Malook, a lawyer for Asia Bibi, says the Supreme Court will announce a verdict on Wednesday, and that he is “hopeful for Bibi’s acquittal”. Bibi was arrested in 2009 after a quarrel with Muslim women. Islamists have demanded her execution, and a governor and a minister of minorities were assassinated in 2011 for supporting her. Insulting Islam is punishable by death in…Read more
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