During a telephonic conversation, British Prime Minister David Cameron has pressed his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif over the case of a “mentally ill” Scottish man who was shot in a maximum security prison.
The British authorities want Asghar, from Edinburgh, to be returned to Britain.
The British premier has described the treatment of Mohammad Asghar, currently on death row after being found guilty of blasphemy, as “appalling”.
Asghar, who suffers from paranoid schizophrenia, was sentenced to death in January after he wrote a number of letters in which he claimed to be the Prophet (PBUH).
The two leaders also discussed the situation in Afghanistan, following the withdrawal of UK troops this week after a 13-year mission in the country.
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