Lahore man sentenced to death for sharing blasphemous content on social media
JournalismPakistan.com | Published: 10 June 2017
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A man from Lahore received a death sentence for posting blasphemous content on social media. The ruling highlights the strict penalties for cyber-related offenses in Pakistan.Summary
An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Saturday sentenced a man to death for sharing blasphemous content about Islam on social media, a government prosecutor said.
ATC Judge Shabir Ahmed announced the sentence for the 30-year-old accused in Bahawalpur.
The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) had arrested the accused, who belongs to the Shia community, last year from Bahawalpur and a case was registered against him at CTD Multan police station.
The accused, who hails from Lahore, had allegedly posted derogatory content about prominent Sunni religious figures and wives of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) on Facebook.
The sentence is the harshest among cyber-crime related sentences handed down so far in the country. - AP
Key Points
- Man sentenced to death for sharing blasphemous content on Facebook.
- Accused is a 30-year-old from Lahore's Shia community.
- Sentence announced by ATC Judge Shabir Ahmed.
- Harshest sentence for cyber-crime related offenses in Pakistan to date.
- Case registered by Counter Terrorism Department (CTD).
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