LAHORE – A lower court in Pakistan’s most populated region Punjab sentenced a student to death over blasphemous content shared over WhatsApp messages.
Federal investigators launched the case against two suspects, aged 22 and 17, who shared blasphemous material against Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) through an instant messaging service.
The duo was found guilty and handed over a death sentence by additional sessions court after a complaint was registered under the strict blasphemy law.
FIA claimed that the accused men shared several clips and pictures in WhatsApp groups but the defense counsel argued that the two were trapped in a fabricated case.
A case was registered in provincial capital Lahore, and the case was referred by Lahore High Court to a local court in Gujranwala for trial.
The plaintiff claimed to have received the blasphemous content from several different mobile phone numbers. FIA aprrised the court that after examining the plaintiff’s phone, it found obscene material had been sent from their devices.
Blasphemy is a sensitive topic in the conservative society in Pakistan, and attracts death penalty. The law stipulates capital punishment for those who insult Islam.
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