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| Man in Rahim Yar Khan handed life imprisonment for committing blasphemy |
| 2017-10-29 |
| [DAWN] The additional district and sessions court in Rahim Yar Khan sentenced a man to life imprisonment on the charges of committing blasphemy, Dawn reported on Saturday. The court also ordered the convict to submit Rs1 million fine. In his verdict, Additional District and Sessions Judge Khursheed Ahmed Anjum ruled that the convict had committed blasphemy on the social media. A spokesperson for the District Police Officer (DPO), Umar Saleem, told Dawn that a complaint was registered against Bhati in July last year for reportedly posting blasphemous content on social media. Earlier this month, a district and sessions court sentenced three men to death in Sheikhupura on charges of committing blasphemy. The court had also fined them Rs200,000 each, but if they are unable to pay the fine, they would have to undergo six months of rigorous punishment. In his verdict, Additional District and Sessions Judge Mian Javed Akram ruled that the three members of the Ahmadi community of Bhoaywal village had committed blasphemy by displaying a poster and banners at their place of worship in a manner that was offending. |
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