Nearly a decade after a Pakistani Christian woman named Asia Bibi was accused of blasphemy during a dispute over a bucket of water, then condemned to death and imprisoned for eight years, she has been finally allowed to leave Pakistan and join her family in Canada, her attorney and Pakistani officials said Wednesday. In January, the high court dismissed an appeal by religious groups, and officials declared she was free to leave. Her attorney, Saif ul Malook, said Wednesday that she has reached Canada, and officials at the Foreign Ministry confirmed that she left Pakistan. A police official takes the thumbprint of Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman accused of blasphemy, on an affidavit professing her innocence after she was visited by Salman Taseer, right, then the governor of Punjab province, on Nov. 20, 2010. Read more:Pakistani Christian woman freed on blasphemy charges but still invisibleRelease of Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy roils PakistanPakistani court upholds acquittal of Christian woman accused of blasphemy, clearing way for her departureToday’s coverage from Post correspondents around the worldLike Washington Post World on Facebook and stay updated on foreign news

Source: Washington Post May 08, 2019 08:15 UTC