Aasia Bibi set to fly off to this country for asylum
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ISLAMABAD – Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman acquitted in a blasphemy case after spending nine years on death row, is set to fly to Canada where she will join her two daughters.
The mother-of-five remained hidden under government protection after the Supreme Court upheld her release earlier this week, but she is expected to depart the country imminently.
“She will fly to Canada very soon to join her daughters who are already there,” her lawyer, Saiful Malook link, confirmed to Arab News on Wednesday. “Yes, Canada has offered them asylum.”
Following the dismissal of review petition, Asia Bibi was quoted by another international publication as saying that she wants to hug her daughters, who have already gone to Canada. Asia Bibi’s husband, Ashiq Masih with his daughters.
Bibi’s daughters left Pakistan in secret and flew to Canada in December earlier this month after accepting an offer of asylum by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Ottawa is a leading contender to give the whole family asylum.
Pakistan’s Foreign Office, meanwhile, said Asia Bibi can freely travel anywhere as she has been cleared from all charges of blasphemy from the country’s top court.
A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, comprising Justice Qazi Faez Isa and Justice Mazhar Alam Miankhel had on Tuesday dismissed the review petition against Asia’s acquittal in blasphemy case “based on merit.
