ISLAMABAD – New developments have been made in the blasphemy case relatingto search row convict Aasia Bibi.
The Supreme Court (SC) has fixed the hearing of the Aasia Bibi case forOctober 8. A death-row prisoner, Aasia was convicted of blasphemy inNovember 2010.
Notices were also issued to the prosecutor general of Punjab and others bythe registrar’s office. A three-member bench, headed by Chief Justice SaqibNisar, will hear the case.
Saiful Malook, counsel for the 51-year-old, told media that the apex courtcontacted his office and sought three paper books of the case. “We willprovide the papers today [Friday],” he said.
In April, Chief Justice Saqib Nisar expressed intent to take up the case ofthe death-row prisoner. Addressing Malook, he had said: “Your appeal inAasia Bibi [case] is going to be fixed soon as I myself will preside overthe bench.”
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In June 2009, Aasia was involved in an argument with a group of women.Subsequently, she was accused of blasphemy.
In 2010, lower court awarded her capital punishment. In 2014, the LahoreHigh Court upheld her death sentence. However, the apex court had issuedstay order on her execution in July, 2015.
Her case was last heard on October 13, 2017 by a three-judge bench of thetop court headed by the incumbent CJP and comprising Justice Iqbal HameedurRehman and Justice Manzoor Ahmad Malik.
