It was in fact the bloggers case that prompted the controversial IHC judge Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui to order an amendment in the law that would discourage the misuse of the blasphemy law. As a result the proposed amendment fixes the same penalties on a wrongful blasphemy accuser that would be placed on a person convicted of blasphemy itself. This is a welcome step towards finally giving much needed context to the blasphemy law that more of often than not is misused to kill or arrest innocent people. The amendment however needs to be tabled and pass in the Senate and National Assembly for it to become law and that is where this move to amend the law may falter. Any debate over the blasphemy law is considered political suicide.

Source: Pakistan Today February 17, 2018 20:03 UTC