- Saturday, April 27, 2024
By: Keerthi Mohan
Religious hardliners in Pakistan Wednesday threatened judges and announced protests as the country awaits a Supreme Court ruling on the fate of a Christian woman who faces becoming the first person to be executed for blasphemy. Asia Bibi, who has been on death row since 2010, is at the centre of the high-profile case which has divided Pakistan and drawn prayers from the Vatican. Successive appeals against her conviction have failed. On Monday the Supreme Court heard her last appeal and said it had reached a judgement, but refused to announce it immediately “for reasons to be recorded later”. On Wednesday Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP), a hardline…
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