Pakistan court docket upholds dying sentence of Christian brothers in blasphemy case

A Pakistani excessive court docket has upheld the dying sentence of two Christian brothers in a blasphemy case.

Pakistan court docket upholds dying sentence of Christian brothers in blasphemy case (Representative picture)

A Pakistani excessive court docket has upheld the dying sentence of two Christian brothers convicted for importing blasphemous content material on social media in 2011.

The Lahore High Court Rawalpindi bench comprising Justice Raja Shahid Mehmood Abbasi and Justice Chaudhry Abdul Aziz on Wednesday dismissed the appeals of convicts — Qaiser Ayub and Amoon Ayub — towards their sentences.

A classes court docket in 2018 sentenced the 2 Christian brothers to dying on a grievance by Muhammad Saeed who alleged that that they had insulted Prophet Mohammad and posted the blasphemous publish on a web site.

The case towards the 2 brothers, who reside in Talagang Chakwal district, some 300 kilometres from Lahore, in Punjab province of Pakistan, was registered in 2011.

According to the Centre for Legal Aid, Assistance and Settlement (CLAAS-UK) that represented the brothers, Qaisar Ayub had a quarrel with a colleague at his workplace in 2011 over a “girl issue”, following which his rival approached the police for registration of a blasphemy case towards him and his brother.

The duo managed to flee the nation following registration of the case.

“First the Christian brothers went to Singapore, then to Thailand, but could not manage to get their stay extended in either place and returned to Pakistan in 2012. Upon their arrival they were arrested by the police,” it mentioned.

Both brothers are married. Qaisar Ayub has three kids.

Pakistan’s blasphemy legal guidelines, a colonial legacy made extra stringent by former navy ruler Ziaul Haq within the Eighties, envisage dying as the utmost punishment for insulting the Prophet.