The convict, recognized as Syed Muhammad Zeeshan, has the best to attraction in opposition to the courtroom’s conviction order on the highly-sensitive challenge of blasphemy in Pakistan.
New Delhi,UPDATED: Mar 26, 2023 09:46 IST
The accused was convicted beneath the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act and Anti-Terrorist Act by a Peshawar courtroom. (Representational Image)
By India Today World Desk: A Muslim man in Pakistan has been awarded a demise sentence over blasphemous content material on a WhatsApp group. He was convicted beneath the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act and Anti-Terrorist Act by the courtroom in Peshawar on Friday. The convict, recognized as Syed Muhammad Zeeshan, has the best to attraction in opposition to the courtroom’s conviction order on the highly-sensitive challenge of blasphemy in Pakistan.
“Accused Syed Muhammad Zeeshan, son of Syed Zakaullah in custody has been convicted and sentenced after being found guilty”, the courtroom order mentioned, a replica of which was obtained by AFP.
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Zeeshan, who’s a resident of the northwest metropolis of Mardan, was additionally fined 1.2 million rupees ($4,300) and handed a complete of 23 years imprisonment. His counsel instructed AFP {that a} case was initiated after Muhammad Saeed, a resident of Talagang in Punjab province, filed an software with the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) two years in the past accusing Zeeshan of posting blasphemous content material on a WhatsApp group.
“FIA had confiscated Zeeshan’s cell phone and its forensic examination proved him guilty”, he mentioned.
According to the National Commission of Justice and Peace, a human rights and authorized help group in Pakistan, 774 Muslims and 760 members of assorted minority non secular teams have been accused of blasphemy within the final 20 years.
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Mar 26, 2023
