A 22-year-old student was sentenced to death in Pakistan on the charges of blasphemy over WhatsApp messages, reported BBC on Friday. According to the Pakistani court, the student had prepared ‘blasphemous’ pictures and videos on the messaging application that contained derogatory words about Prophet Muhammad and his wives. A Pakistani court has awarded the death sentence to a 22-year-old student over ‘blasphemous’ WhatsApp messages. A complaint regarding the two students' messages was filed in 2022 by the cybercrime unit of Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in Lahore. Meanwhile, the father of the 22-year-old student has filed an appeal in the Lahore high court against the lower court's decision, BBC said.

Source: Hindustan Times March 09, 2024 10:01 UTC