Pakistan SC to hear petition against Aasia Bibi’s acquittal

Pakistan SC to hear petition against Aasia Bibi’s acquittal

Islamabad: Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Thursday fixed January 29 for hearing a review petition over its decision to overturn Christian woman Aasia Bibi’s conviction in a blasphemy case.

A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa will hear the review petition against the acquittal that had sparked three-day mass protests led by the hardline Islamist party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), Dawn online reported.

On October 31, the apex court had acquitted Bibi, a mother of five, who spent eight years on death row in a prison in Multan. She was accused of insulting Prophet Muhammad in 2009 and a court sentenced her to death in 2010.

The protests were called off after the TLP reached an agreement with the government, the foremost condition of which was the placement of Bibi’s name on the Exit Control List (ECL). (IANS)

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