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Apex court stays execution of Asia Bibi
DAWN.COM | IRFAN HAIDER — PUBLISHED3 minutes ago
LAHORE: Staying the execution of 50-year-old Asia Bibi, the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday admitted for hearing the petition filed by the death-row prisoner who was convicted on blasphemy charges.
The court also ordered for all records pertaining to the case to be presented before it. Read: On death row for blasphemy, Asia Bibi makes final appeal to SC
Mother of five children, Asia Bibi has been on death row since November 2010 after being convicted of committing blasphemy during an argument with a Muslim woman over a bowl of water.
She had filed an appeal in the Supreme Court in November 2014 as her final legal recourse, one month after the Lahore High Court had confirmed the death sentence of Asia Bibi, dashing hopes the conviction might be overturned or commuted to a jail term.
DAWN.COM | IRFAN HAIDER — PUBLISHED3 minutes ago
LAHORE: Staying the execution of 50-year-old Asia Bibi, the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday admitted for hearing the petition filed by the death-row prisoner who was convicted on blasphemy charges.
The court also ordered for all records pertaining to the case to be presented before it. Read: On death row for blasphemy, Asia Bibi makes final appeal to SC
Mother of five children, Asia Bibi has been on death row since November 2010 after being convicted of committing blasphemy during an argument with a Muslim woman over a bowl of water.
She had filed an appeal in the Supreme Court in November 2014 as her final legal recourse, one month after the Lahore High Court had confirmed the death sentence of Asia Bibi, dashing hopes the conviction might be overturned or commuted to a jail term.