ISLAMABAD – Asia Bibi, who was acquitted last year by the Supreme Court(SC) in a blasphemy case, has reportedly left Pakistan and departed forCanada on Tuesday night.
According to local media reports, Foreign Office sources confirmed Bibi hasleft Pakistan. Meanwhile, British Pakistani Christian Association hasclaimed in a statement that it has received confirmation from a Britishdiplomat that Bibi has safely exited Pakistan. The statement furtherclaimed that she is traveling to Canada to be reunited with her children.
Bibi, a mother of five, had been on death row since 2010. She was accusedof blasphemy during a row over drinking water with women with whom she wasworking in a field. However, her petition was accepted by the SC whichacquitted her and ordered her immediate release from prison.
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A three-member bench headed by the former Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP)Saqib Nisar, comprising Judge Asif Saeed Khosa and Judge Mazhar Alam Khan,announced the verdict. The judgment read, “She shall be released from thejail forthwith if not required to be detained in connection with any othercase
