The investigation into Mashal's murder was concluded after a joint investigation team probing the case cleared him of all blasphemy charges. The incident caused an outrage across the country, with calls for the blasphemy law to be amended. Earlier this year, a mob in Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan beat up a student, Mashal Khan, to death after accusing him of blasphemy over social media.
He said the trial was held inside a prison due to security reasons after local clerics had threatened the accused and his family.īlasphemy has been a contentious issue in the country where people have been murdered over allegations of sacrilege. “My client will appeal the sentence in the high court as he has been framed by his friend who was annoyed over his affair with a Muslim girl,” Wakeel said. The accused “was handed a death sentence by the court on Thursday on blasphemy charges,” defence lawyer Anjum Wakeel told AFP, alleging that his client was been framed by Bashir.
The accused was charged in July last year after his friend, Yasir Bashir, complained to police that he received a poem on the messaging app that was derogatory toward the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) and other holy figures. A Christian man in Lahore has been sentenced to death for blasphemy after he sent a Muslim friend a poem on WhatsApp that insulted Islam, a lawyer said Friday.
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