MULTAN – Asia Bibi, who was recently acquitted by the supreme court in a blasphemy case, has been freed from a women’s prison in Multan.
She was reportedly flown to Islamabad where she has been shifted to an undisclosed location due to security reasons. As several foreign countries and the United Nations are closely observing the matter, but there is no clue about her future plan that whether she will leave the country.
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According to the report, jail authorities had received documents pertaining to her release earlier in the day after which she was freed.
The allegations against Bibi date back to June 2009, when she was labouring in a field and a row broke out with some Muslim women who alleged that she committed blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him). A case was filed against her by a prayer leader in Katanwala village of Nankana Sahib.
Bibi was convicted of blasphemy and sentenced to death in 2010 by a trial court. She later moved the Lahore High Court against the execution sentence, however, the court had upheld the verdict.
On Oct 31, the Supreme Court acquitted Bibi and overturned her death sentence. It also ordered to immediately release the woman, who spent eight years on death row.
The acquittal had led to protests in several cities across the country by the religious parties led by Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP).
Thousands of protesters rushed to the streets in protest after Supreme Court judges overturned Aasia Bibi’s conviction in the blasphemy case.
The government and the protesters from different religious groups, led by Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), reached an agreement two days later on Friday, November 2.
