ISLAMABAD – A Supreme Court judge on Thursday refused to hear the final appeal of Asia Bibi –the Christian woman accused of insulting the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH).
The hearing was adjourned for an indefinite period after Justice Iqbal Hamid-ur-Rehman refused to become part of a three-member bench to take up the appeal.
He said that he had heard the Salman Taseer murder case in the High Court which also included similar accusations, hence he was unable to hear the appeal of Asia Bibi.
The judge also requested Chief Justice of Pakistan Anwar Zaheel Jamali to appoint another judge to the bench instead of him.
Asia Bibi was convicted of blasphemy and sentenced to death in 2010. The case was registered against her in 2009.
