ISLAMABAD (AP) — Aasia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian acquitted of blasphemy, still lives the life of a prisoner in Pakistan, nearly three months after her release from death row, awaiting a final ruling on her fate. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court is weighing a petition by Islamist extremists and right-wing religious parties that rallied against her acquittal and demand her execution. After eight years on death row, the Supreme Court acquitted her on Oct. 31. One of her friends says Bibi’s husband, Ashiq Masih, who was wounded by a gunshot fired by a protester calling for Bibi’s death, is with her in hiding. Nisar and his successor, Asif Saeed Khan Khosa, were part of the three-member panel that acquitted Bibi.

Source: Egypt Independent January 16, 2019 14:48 UTC