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Pakistan has extremely strict blasphemy laws against defaming Islam, including the death penalty. It can also be misused for revenge.
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Five lakh fine also imposed
The court also fined him 500,000 Pakistani rupees (over USD 2,820). A court official said that in default of payment of fine, the convict will have to undergo a jail term of two years. Abbas was arrested by the Factory Area Police in June 2020 in Faisalabad, 180 km from the provincial capital Lahore, after a complaint was filed against him for allegedly insulting the Prophet and his companions.
Last year, a Sri Lankan national and a mentally challenged man was brutally killed by a mob in Punjab province on charges of blasphemy. Pakistan has extremely strict blasphemy laws against defaming Islam, including the death penalty. People associated with the human rights campaign say that it is often misused for revenge in this Muslim-majority country.
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Five lakh fine also imposed
The court also fined him 500,000 Pakistani rupees (over USD 2,820). A court official said that in default of payment of fine, the convict will have to undergo a jail term of two years. Abbas was arrested by the Factory Area Police in June 2020 in Faisalabad, 180 km from the provincial capital Lahore, after a complaint was filed against him for allegedly insulting the Prophet and his companions.
Last year, a Sri Lankan national and a mentally challenged man was brutally killed by a mob in Punjab province on charges of blasphemy. Pakistan has extremely strict blasphemy laws against defaming Islam, including the death penalty. People associated with the human rights campaign say that it is often misused for revenge in this Muslim-majority country.