Two Christians and a Muslim man get death penalty in Pakistan for blasphemy

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmDEYWCOD79qHi28RQUMhyf61erCwfx9ZExCpMPeKeAmMW57KRuthQdlM1kfJmmoBkvL1EqBTx9sYzbOpscvjXK0T5VfYlbA-UY49-i5FnnkdK6HesAVw0-wWm-Vefnowms7se6wMwNqc/s1600/Pakistan+Islam.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Blasphemy is an extremely sensitive issue in Pakistan." border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmDEYWCOD79qHi28RQUMhyf61erCwfx9ZExCpMPeKeAmMW57KRuthQdlM1kfJmmoBkvL1EqBTx9sYzbOpscvjXK0T5VfYlbA-UY49-i5FnnkdK6HesAVw0-wWm-Vefnowms7se6wMwNqc/s400/Pakistan+Islam.jpg" title="Blasphemy is an extremely sensitive issue in Pakistan." width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blasphemy is an extremely sensitive issue in Pakistan.</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">2 Christians and a Muslim man were on Tuesday sentenced to death by a Pakistani anti terrorism court for committing blasphemy.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Anti-Terrorism Court of Gujranwala district announced the verdict in the case which was pending for the last one year.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">ATC Gujranwala Judge Bushra Zaman handed down death penalty to Anjum, Javed Naz (who are both Christians) and Jaffer Ali for committing blasphemy. Naz and Ali have been sentenced to an additional 35 years each.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The judge also imposed a fine of Rs 5 million on Anjum and Rs 8 million each on Naz and Ali.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Gujranwala city police had arrested Anjum, Naz and Ali a year ago on blasphemy charges.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The judge announced the verdict after prosecution presented all witnesses.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Anjum, a resident of Farid Town, some 80km from Lahore ran a chain of Locus Schools System in Gujranwala. Asif, Anjum's brother, told PTI that his brother never committed any blasphemy.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Javed Naz was a cousin of Anjum and employed at one of his schools. When Anjum fired Naz on corruption allegations he turned against my brother," he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Asif said later Naz started blackmailing Anjum by claiming that he had his voice recorded in which he had made blasphemous remarks.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"When Anjum stopped paying money to Naz, he along with his Muslim friend Ali got a blasphemy case registered against Anjum," he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Police during investigation also booked Naz and Ali in the blasphemy case.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"My brother is innocent and we will challenge the ATC verdict in the superior court," Asif said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Blasphemy is an extremely sensitive issue in Pakistan. 2 high-profile politicians then Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer and minorities minister Shahbaz Bhatti were murdered in 2011 after calling for reforms to the blasphemy law.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Pakistan's tough blasphemy law has attracted criticism from rights groups, who say they are frequently misused to settle personal scores.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Source: firstpost.com, June 28, 2016</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">- Report an error, an omission:<a href="mailto:deathpenaltynews@gmail.com" target="_blank"> deathpenaltynews@gmail.com</a></span> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span> <span style="font-size: small;"> - Follow us on <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/WebDPN/" target="_blank">Facebook</a> </b>and <b><a href="https://twitter.com/WebDPN" target="_blank">Twitter</a></b></span></div></div>

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