Pakistan Blasphemy Case (symbolic picture)
Lahore: A blasphemy case has been registered against two Muslim women for burning pages of the Quran in Pakistan’s Punjab province, police said on Tuesday. Based on a complaint by a local Imam Kashif Ali in Rai Kalan village of Kasur district, about 50 km from here, a case has been registered against a private school principal Shahnaz Khan and her cook Shazia Karamat under Section 295-B of the Pakistan Penal Code.
The family had to leave the village
Police officer Khalid Salim told PTI that both the women and their families fled the village after Kashif Ali announced from his mosque that they (women) had burnt pages of the Quran on Saturday. He said that a large number of police forces had also reached there to prevent any untoward incident. He said that Shahnaz Khan had hidden before the attacking mob reached her house and school.
Christian sisters were also accused
Earlier last week, Punjab police said they have registered a case against two young Christian sisters on charges of blasphemy. Samia Masih and Sonia Masih, both in their 20s, had allegedly thrown a sack full of Quran pages outside their house in Gojra in Toba Tek Singh district, around 200 km from here, on August 7. Meanwhile, Minority Alliance Pakistan chairman Advocate Akmal Bhatti said the charges of desecration against the Christian sisters were false. (Language)
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